���x Dedicatory letter to the Sorbonne Preface to the reader Synopsis of the following six Meditations Meditations on First Philosophy First Meditation:What can be called into doubt Second Meditation:The nature of the human mind,and how it is better known than the body Third Meditation:The existence of God Fourth Meditation:Truth and falsity Fifth Meditation:The essence of material things,and the existence of God considered a second time Sixth Meditation:The existence of material things,and the real distinction between mind and body Objections and Replies [Selections] On Meditation One The rejection of previous beliefs The reliability of the senses The dreaming argument Certainty in dreams On Meditation Two Cogito ergo sum ('I am thinking,therefore I exist') Sum res cogitans (Tam a thinking thing') The nature of thought The piece of wax On Meditation Three Innate ideas The idea of God Objective reality God,author of my existence On Meditation Four The cause of error The indifference of the will On Meditation Five Whether God's essence implies his existence Clear and distinct perception and the 'Cartesian Circle' On Meditation Six The real distinction between mind and body �g�Z�R���c���