Meditations and Other Metaphysical WritingsBy: Ren Descartes One of the foundation stones of modern philosophy, Ren Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Desmond M. Clarke in Penguin Classics. Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty even to deny those things that seemed most self evident. In his Meditations of 1641, and in the Objections and Replies that were included with the original