The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 72
... magnitude owing to the fact that we already know the parts of which it is composed , the process is one of addition ... magnitude from others that are determinately fixed , and in which it is in any way contained , by any other methods ...
... magnitude owing to the fact that we already know the parts of which it is composed , the process is one of addition ... magnitude from others that are determinately fixed , and in which it is in any way contained , by any other methods ...
Page 73
... magnitude to be found comes in a greater number of times in them , and consequently it involves a greater number of relations in such problems . For on such occa- sions the meaning is the same as if the enunciation were , ' extract the ...
... magnitude to be found comes in a greater number of times in them , and consequently it involves a greater number of relations in such problems . For on such occa- sions the meaning is the same as if the enunciation were , ' extract the ...
Page 296
... magnitude and figure [ or the situation of the parts of each body ] , which things I have explained as they exist in every body , we perceive nothing outside us by means of our senses , but light , colours , smells , tastes , sounds and ...
... magnitude and figure [ or the situation of the parts of each body ] , which things I have explained as they exist in every body , we perceive nothing outside us by means of our senses , but light , colours , smells , tastes , sounds and ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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