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Page 158
... clearly and distinctly could be false ; and accordingly it seems to me that already can establish as a general rule that all things which I perceive1 very clearly and very distinctly are true . At the same time I have before received ...
... clearly and distinctly could be false ; and accordingly it seems to me that already can establish as a general rule that all things which I perceive1 very clearly and very distinctly are true . At the same time I have before received ...
Page 180
... clearly . Hence they are something , and not pure negation ; for it is perfectly clear that all that is true is something , and I have already fully demonstrated that all that I know clearly is true . And even although I had not ...
... clearly . Hence they are something , and not pure negation ; for it is perfectly clear that all that is true is something , and I have already fully demonstrated that all that I know clearly is true . And even although I had not ...
Page 184
... clearly that the three angles are equal to two right angles , and it is not possible for me not to believe this so long as I apply my mind to its demonstration ; but so soon as I abstain from attending to the proof , although I still ...
... clearly that the three angles are equal to two right angles , and it is not possible for me not to believe this so long as I apply my mind to its demonstration ; but so soon as I abstain from attending to the proof , although I still ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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