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Page 435
... attribute of immaterial substance , and extension the predominant attribute of material substance . But I did not say that these attributes were inherent in the substances , as in subjects diverse from themselves . Here we must beware ...
... attribute of immaterial substance , and extension the predominant attribute of material substance . But I did not say that these attributes were inherent in the substances , as in subjects diverse from themselves . Here we must beware ...
Page 436
... attribute co - existing in the same subject with extension , though the one attribute is not comprised in the concept of the other . ' In these words there is an obvious fallacy , for he comes to a conclusion with regard to every ...
... attribute co - existing in the same subject with extension , though the one attribute is not comprised in the concept of the other . ' In these words there is an obvious fallacy , for he comes to a conclusion with regard to every ...
Page 437
... attribute of a thing which can exist without that attribute . A simple entity is one in which such attributes are not found . Hence it is clear that that subject in which we understand extension only , with the various modes of ...
... attribute of a thing which can exist without that attribute . A simple entity is one in which such attributes are not found . Hence it is clear that that subject in which we understand extension only , with the various modes of ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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