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Descartes’ Meditative Turn
Cartesian Thought as Spiritual Practice
Christopher J. Wild

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Contents
Introduction: Descartes' Meditative Turn and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises
1Founding First Philosophies: Descartes' Conversion
2Method and Meditation: The Cartesian Art of Turning
3The Discernment of Ideas and the Evidence of the Cogito
4Cartesian Ceroplastics: Meditating the Mediality of the Mind
5Adversio, Animadversio, and Attentio: Turning toward God
6"To Gaze with Wonder and Adoration": Contemplatio Dei and Meditative Ascent
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index