Meditations on First Philosophy Fiction like "the best laid schemes

like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men

When pain knocks on your door

in the castle built into the frozen mountains

As he tests out his new abilities

of how at a time when the country was on the verge of change so much was still impossible

Meditations on First Philosophy Fiction like "the best laid schemesDescartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style.