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This I seem to be able to do with a good enough grace , because neither did St Thomas use that argument as his own , nor does he draw the same conclusion from it ; consequently there is nothing here in which I am at variance with the ...
This I seem to be able to do with a good enough grace , because neither did St Thomas use that argument as his own , nor does he draw the same conclusion from it ; consequently there is nothing here in which I am at variance with the ...
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This was how you propounded your argument - We may truly affirm of anything , that which we clearly and distinctly perceive to belong to its true and immutable nature ; but ( after we have investigated ...
This was how you propounded your argument - We may truly affirm of anything , that which we clearly and distinctly perceive to belong to its true and immutable nature ; but ( after we have investigated ...
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Besides , his dictum : The argument which reasons from knowledge to existence is not valid ' , is plainly false . For although from the fact that we know the essence of any particular thing , it does not follow that it exists ; nor from ...
Besides , his dictum : The argument which reasons from knowledge to existence is not valid ' , is plainly false . For although from the fact that we know the essence of any particular thing , it does not follow that it exists ; nor from ...
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THE SYNDICS OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | 1 |
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
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