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Six metaphysical meditations

by René Descartes (1596–1650)

26 chapters, about 28,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. SIX METAPHYSICAL _MEDITATIONS_; 200 words
2. TO THE READERS. 2,500 words
3. ERRATA. 200 words
4. MEDITAT. I. 1,800 words
5. MEDITAT. II. 2,600 words
6. MEDITAT. III. 5,500 words
7. MEDITAT. IV. 3,100 words
8. MEDITAT. V. 2,200 words
9. MEDITAT. VI. 4,000 words
10. A⸺B⸺C⸺D 900 words
11. OBJECT. I. 100 words
12. ANSWER. 100 words
13. OBJECT. II. 300 words
14. ANSWER. 800 words
15. ANSWER. 200 words
16. OBJECT. V. 500 words
17. ANSWER. 200 words
18. OBJECT. VI. 200 words
19. OBJECT. IX. 100 words
20. OBJECT. X. 400 words
21. ANSWER. 400 words
22. OBJECT. XII. 200 words
23. ANSWER. 200 words
24. OBJECT XIV. 400 words
25. OBJECT. XV. 200 words
26. FINIS. 900 words

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