The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... Continued uninterrupted exist- ence is therefore necessarily implied in identity . Hence we may infer , that identity cannot , in its proper sense , be applied to our pains , our pleasures , our thoughts , or any operation of our minds ...
... Continued uninterrupted exist- ence is therefore necessarily implied in identity . Hence we may infer , that identity cannot , in its proper sense , be applied to our pains , our pleasures , our thoughts , or any operation of our minds ...
Page 470
... continued to exist from that time to the present : if the identical person whom I call myself had not a part in that ... continued existence . The operations of our minds are all successive , and have no continued existence . But the ...
... continued to exist from that time to the present : if the identical person whom I call myself had not a part in that ... continued existence . The operations of our minds are all successive , and have no continued existence . But the ...
Page 472
... continued existence of the being of which it is affirmed , and therefore can be applied only to things which have a continued existence . While any being continues to exist , it is the same being ; but two beings which have a different ...
... continued existence of the being of which it is affirmed , and therefore can be applied only to things which have a continued existence . While any being continues to exist , it is the same being ; but two beings which have a different ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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