The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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... simple essence of which we are in quest . Thus the term will be applicable to whatever is considered as being independent , or a cause , or simple , universal , one , equal , like , straight , and so forth ; and the absolute I call the ...
... simple essence of which we are in quest . Thus the term will be applicable to whatever is considered as being independent , or a cause , or simple , universal , one , equal , like , straight , and so forth ; and the absolute I call the ...
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... simple or that is obscure ; they grasp each fact by an act of thought that is similar , single , and distinct , after they have once arrived at the point in question . The whole of the difference between the apprehension of the simple ...
... simple or that is obscure ; they grasp each fact by an act of thought that is similar , single , and distinct , after they have once arrived at the point in question . The whole of the difference between the apprehension of the simple ...
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... simple natures . Thus , for example , if I pronounce the judgment that some figure is not moving , I shall say that in a certain sense my idea ' is a complex of figure and rest ; and so in other cases . Thirdly we assert that all these ...
... simple natures . Thus , for example , if I pronounce the judgment that some figure is not moving , I shall say that in a certain sense my idea ' is a complex of figure and rest ; and so in other cases . Thirdly we assert that all these ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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