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... present time . In the " Passions " we find the full exposition of Descartes ' theory that mental and physiological phenomena may be explained by simple mechanical processes . It was a com- pletely new departure to state that such ...
... present time . In the " Passions " we find the full exposition of Descartes ' theory that mental and physiological phenomena may be explained by simple mechanical processes . It was a com- pletely new departure to state that such ...
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... present rule , on the other hand , shows when it is wholly necessary and when it is merely useful . Thus it is necessary to examine whatever constitutes a single step in that series , by which we pass from relative to absolute , or ...
... present rule , on the other hand , shows when it is wholly necessary and when it is merely useful . Thus it is necessary to examine whatever constitutes a single step in that series , by which we pass from relative to absolute , or ...
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... present or the past . Joy and sadness . ARTICLE LXI . And the consideration of the present good excites joy in us , and that of evil , sadness , when it is a good or an evil which is repre- sented as belonging to us . Mockery , envy ...
... present or the past . Joy and sadness . ARTICLE LXI . And the consideration of the present good excites joy in us , and that of evil , sadness , when it is a good or an evil which is repre- sented as belonging to us . Mockery , envy ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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