The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 45
... judge it to be probable and never affirm it to be true ; in fact it makes us better instructed . Deduction is thus left to us as the only means of putting things together so as to be sure of their truth . Yet in it too there may be many ...
... judge it to be probable and never affirm it to be true ; in fact it makes us better instructed . Deduction is thus left to us as the only means of putting things together so as to be sure of their truth . Yet in it too there may be many ...
Page 156
... judge that the wax exists from the fact that I touch it , the same thing will follow , to wit , that I am ; and if I judge that my imagination , or some other cause , whatever it is , persuades me that the wax exists , I shall still ...
... judge that the wax exists from the fact that I touch it , the same thing will follow , to wit , that I am ; and if I judge that my imagination , or some other cause , whatever it is , persuades me that the wax exists , I shall still ...
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... judge ill when we assent to what we do not clearly perceive , although our judgment may be true ; and that it ... judge of a matter at the same time as we observe that we do not apprehend it , because the light of nature teaches us that ...
... judge ill when we assent to what we do not clearly perceive , although our judgment may be true ; and that it ... judge of a matter at the same time as we observe that we do not apprehend it , because the light of nature teaches us that ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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