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... i.e. any property , quality , or attribute , of which we have a real idea , is called a Substance ; neither do we have any other idea of substance itself , precisely taken , than that it is a thing in which this something that we ...
... i.e. any property , quality , or attribute , of which we have a real idea , is called a Substance ; neither do we have any other idea of substance itself , precisely taken , than that it is a thing in which this something that we ...
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I do not ignore the fact that certain substances are popularly called incomplete substunces . But if they are said to be incomplete , because they cannot exist by themselves ( and unsupported by other things ] , I confess it seems to me ...
I do not ignore the fact that certain substances are popularly called incomplete substunces . But if they are said to be incomplete , because they cannot exist by themselves ( and unsupported by other things ] , I confess it seems to me ...
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production of a thing , all of which contentions I gladly admit ; after all this he once more hastens to prove that Gou should not be called the efficient cause of Himself , because we seek to discover the efficient cause of a thing ...
production of a thing , all of which contentions I gladly admit ; after all this he once more hastens to prove that Gou should not be called the efficient cause of Himself , because we seek to discover the efficient cause of a thing ...
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Contents
THE SYNDICS OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | 1 |
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
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| Title | Philosophical Works, Volume 2 Philosophical Works, René Descartes |
| Author | René Descartes |
| Publisher | Cambridge Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2015 |
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