The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 60
... merely as possessing figure . When body is the object let us reflect that we are dealing with the very same thing , taken as possessing length , breadth and depth . Where superficies comes in , our object will still be the same ' though ...
... merely as possessing figure . When body is the object let us reflect that we are dealing with the very same thing , taken as possessing length , breadth and depth . Where superficies comes in , our object will still be the same ' though ...
Page 61
... merely wish to make a simplification of ratios , be they ever so involved , such that we may discover some equation1 between what is unknown and something known . Since this is so , it is certain that whatsoever differences in ratio ...
... merely wish to make a simplification of ratios , be they ever so involved , such that we may discover some equation1 between what is unknown and something known . Since this is so , it is certain that whatsoever differences in ratio ...
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... merely hold them to be indefinite . Thus because we cannot imagine an extension so great that we cannot at the same time conceive that there may be one yet greater , we shall say that the magnitude of possible things is indefinite . And ...
... merely hold them to be indefinite . Thus because we cannot imagine an extension so great that we cannot at the same time conceive that there may be one yet greater , we shall say that the magnitude of possible things is indefinite . And ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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