The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1University Press, 1931 - Philosophy |
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Page 244
... substance , either thinking or extended , we may conclude that each of us , similarly regarded , is really distinct from every other thinking substance and from every corporeal substance . And even if we suppose that God had united a ...
... substance , either thinking or extended , we may conclude that each of us , similarly regarded , is really distinct from every other thinking substance and from every corporeal substance . And even if we suppose that God had united a ...
Page 246
... substance that thinks , or an extended substance , than substance alone , without regarding whether it thinks or is extended . For we experience some difficulty in abstracting the notions that we have of substance from those of thought ...
... substance that thinks , or an extended substance , than substance alone , without regarding whether it thinks or is extended . For we experience some difficulty in abstracting the notions that we have of substance from those of thought ...
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... substance , or number from what is numbered , not in reality but only in our conception . Thus , to take an example , we may consider the whole nature of corporeal substance which is comprised within a space of ten feet , although we do ...
... substance , or number from what is numbered , not in reality but only in our conception . Thus , to take an example , we may consider the whole nature of corporeal substance which is comprised within a space of ten feet , although we do ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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