The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 40
... possible in the imagination ; and in order to effect this with greater ease , the thing itself which this idea is to represent must be exhibited to the external senses . Now when the under- standing wishes to have a distinct intuition ...
... possible in the imagination ; and in order to effect this with greater ease , the thing itself which this idea is to represent must be exhibited to the external senses . Now when the under- standing wishes to have a distinct intuition ...
Page 92
... possible , and as seemed requisite in order that it might be resolved in the best manner possible . The third was to carry on my reflections in due order , com- mencing with objects that were the most simple and easy to under- stand ...
... possible , and as seemed requisite in order that it might be resolved in the best manner possible . The third was to carry on my reflections in due order , com- mencing with objects that were the most simple and easy to under- stand ...
Page 396
... possible , and we can only hold to be possible those things that do not depend on us , in so far as we reflect that they depend on chance , i.e. that we judge that they may happen , and that similar things have formerly happened . And ...
... possible , and we can only hold to be possible those things that do not depend on us , in so far as we reflect that they depend on chance , i.e. that we judge that they may happen , and that similar things have formerly happened . And ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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