The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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... example , when we say that figure is the limit of an extended thing , conceiving by the term limit something more universal than by the term figure , since we can talk of a limit of duration , a limit of motion , and so on . But our ...
... example , when we say that figure is the limit of an extended thing , conceiving by the term limit something more universal than by the term figure , since we can talk of a limit of duration , a limit of motion , and so on . But our ...
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... example , if I pronounce the judgment that some figure is not moving , I shall say that in a certain sense my idea ' is a complex of figure and rest ; and so in other cases . Thirdly we assert that all these simple natures are known per ...
... example , if I pronounce the judgment that some figure is not moving , I shall say that in a certain sense my idea ' is a complex of figure and rest ; and so in other cases . Thirdly we assert that all these simple natures are known per ...
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... Example of the mode in which the impressions of the objects unite in the gland which is in the middle of the brain . Thus , for example , if we see some animal approach us , the light reflected from its body depicts two images of it ...
... Example of the mode in which the impressions of the objects unite in the gland which is in the middle of the brain . Thus , for example , if we see some animal approach us , the light reflected from its body depicts two images of it ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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