Site News, October 2007

A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations

November 2007 will see the publication of my beginner's guide to Descartes's Meditations. This is aimed at 'A' Level students, undergraduates in the UK and the US, and the general reader.

I am offering a slight discount for bulk orders through the website, and free postage for smaller numbers, so you can order now by using the contact form (for more information on pricing, click here). Therefore, this will be on of the cheapest places to buy the book. This method of sale helps me most, actually, so don't be shy! Help a starving philosopher!

The Descartes book will be the first of four intended beginner's guides. The other three titles (to follow in due course) are as follows:

• A Beginner's Guide to Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
• A Beginner's Guide to the Theory of Knowledge
• A Beginner's Guide to Sartre's Existentialism and Humanism

The material on this website will therefore change slightly to complement the published material. I am hopeful, however, that I will still be able to keep most of the current material freely available to everyone.

Thanks once again to all those who have supported this website, to all the students and teachers who have helped and encouraged me along the way, and of course those individuals who read the book in manuscript - you will not be forgotten!

Finally, for those of you who don't know, I have also illustrated the books (including the covers). I shall shortly be putting up on the site what drawings are available for sale. So, if anyone is interested, please contact me.

Gareth Southwell.