SIX METAPHYSICAL _MEDITATIONS_; Wherein it is Proved That there is a GOD. And that Mans MIND is really distinct from his BODY. Written Originally in Latin By _RENATUS DES-CARTES_. Hereunto are added the OBJECTIONS made against these Meditations By _THOMAS HOBBES_ Of _Malmesbury_. With the AUTHORS Answers. All Faithfully Translated into ENGLISH, with a short Account of _Des-Cartes’s Life_. By _WILLIAM MOLYNEUX_. _London_, Printed by _B.G._ for _Benj. Tooke_ at the _Ship_ in St. _Pauls_ Church-yard, 1680. Some Books sold by _John Lawrence_, at the _Angel_ in _Cornhill_, near the _Royal Exchange_. A Collection of Letters for the improvement of Husbandry and Trade, intended to be continued Monthly, by _John Houghton_, fellow of the _Royal Society_, ’tis designed that every Letter shall be usefull to Mankind, and by degrees for most persons of both Sexes. The _Merchant Royal_, (a very pleasant Sermon) Preached before the King at _White-Hall_, upon the Nuptials of an Honourable Lord and his Lady, in Quarto, price 6_d._ _Humane Prudence_, or the Art by which a man may raise himself and Fortune to Granduer, by _A. B._, the second Edition, with the Addition of a Table; in Twelves, price Bound, 1_s._ THE TRANSLATORS PREFACE. TO THE READERS. _Had honor or applause and not the publick advantage of English Readers been the design of this Undertaking, the consideration of the common Fate of Translations had discouraged Me from permitting this even to have seen the light; for meer Versions do alwayes carry with them this Property, that if not well done they may much disgrace, but if well, not much commend the doers._