The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 58
... extension occupies place , body possesses extension , and extension is not body . The first statement shows how extension may be substituted for that which is extended . My conception is entirely the same if I say extension occupies ...
... extension occupies place , body possesses extension , and extension is not body . The first statement shows how extension may be substituted for that which is extended . My conception is entirely the same if I say extension occupies ...
Page 59
... extension contains something distinct from that which is extended , in the same way as Paul's wealth is something different from Paul himself . Here the Finally , take the expression : extension is not body . term extension is taken ...
... extension contains something distinct from that which is extended , in the same way as Paul's wealth is something different from Paul himself . Here the Finally , take the expression : extension is not body . term extension is taken ...
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... extension , and purposely refraining from using the word quantity , because there are certain Philosophers so subtle as to distinguish it also from extension . We assume such a simplification of our problems as to leave nothing else to ...
... extension , and purposely refraining from using the word quantity , because there are certain Philosophers so subtle as to distinguish it also from extension . We assume such a simplification of our problems as to leave nothing else to ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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