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Page 188
... senses rather than my reason , and recognised that the ideas which I formed of myself were not so distinct as those which I perceived through the senses , and that they were most frequently even composed of portions of these last , I ...
... senses rather than my reason , and recognised that the ideas which I formed of myself were not so distinct as those which I perceived through the senses , and that they were most frequently even composed of portions of these last , I ...
Page 189
... senses . And not only in those founded on the external senses , but even in those founded on the internal as well ; for is there anything more intimate or more internal than pain ? And yet I have learned from some persons whose arms or ...
... senses . And not only in those founded on the external senses , but even in those founded on the internal as well ; for is there anything more intimate or more internal than pain ? And yet I have learned from some persons whose arms or ...
Page 297
... senses , and this will perhaps not be approved by those who take their senses as a measure of the things they can know . [ But it seems to me to be doing great wrong to human reason if we do not consider that knowledge goes beyond the ...
... senses , and this will perhaps not be approved by those who take their senses as a measure of the things they can know . [ But it seems to me to be doing great wrong to human reason if we do not consider that knowledge goes beyond the ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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