Descartes Meditations

THIS IS AN ABRIDGEMENT of Descartes Meditations 1 and 2, a classic piece of philosophy made accessible and readable for a P4C class.

The text has been split into 31 numbered sentences so it can be read collectively in the round.

I use this stimulus as a stand-alone introduction to classic philosophy, as part of a wider course in philosophy, or in conjunction with related stimuli from science fiction.

If you use this resource with children or young people, I'd be interested to know how you used it and how sucessful it was as a stimulus.