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Page 436
... mode of thought from negation , and so on ; but thought itself , being the inward source1 from which these modes arise , and in which they are inherent , is not conceived as a mode , but as an attribute which constitutes the nature of a ...
... mode of thought from negation , and so on ; but thought itself , being the inward source1 from which these modes arise , and in which they are inherent , is not conceived as a mode , but as an attribute which constitutes the nature of a ...
Page 437
... mode of the body . The second point which I would note here is the difference between simple and composite entities . A composite entity is one in which are found two or more attributes , any one of which can be comprehended distinctly ...
... mode of the body . The second point which I would note here is the difference between simple and composite entities . A composite entity is one in which are found two or more attributes , any one of which can be comprehended distinctly ...
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... mode of body ' . Here he shows that he is utterly ignorant of what it is that philosophers term a ' mode ' ; for the nature of a mode consists in this , that it can by no means be comprehended , except it involve in its own concept the ...
... mode of body ' . Here he shows that he is utterly ignorant of what it is that philosophers term a ' mode ' ; for the nature of a mode consists in this , that it can by no means be comprehended , except it involve in its own concept the ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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