The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 16
... effect correlative , we find that here even , if we ask what the effect is , we must first know the cause and not conversely . Equals too mutually imply one another , but we can know unequals only by comparing them with equals and not ...
... effect correlative , we find that here even , if we ask what the effect is , we must first know the cause and not conversely . Equals too mutually imply one another , but we can know unequals only by comparing them with equals and not ...
Page 47
... effects which he has seen to take place in connection with the magnet . This achieved , he can boldly assert that he has discovered the real nature of the magnet in so far as human ... effect , or effect from cause For Direction 47.
... effects which he has seen to take place in connection with the magnet . This achieved , he can boldly assert that he has discovered the real nature of the magnet in so far as human ... effect , or effect from cause For Direction 47.
Page 121
... effects which might be deduced from these causes , and it seems to me that in this way I discovered the heavens , the ... effect does depend upon them . As to that , I do not know any other plan but again to try to find experi- ments of ...
... effects which might be deduced from these causes , and it seems to me that in this way I discovered the heavens , the ... effect does depend upon them . As to that , I do not know any other plan but again to try to find experi- ments of ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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