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... require a cause in order to exist outside the mind . Agreed ; but it does require a cause to make it be conceived , and it is of this cause alone that the question here is raised . Thus , if anyone has in his mind the idea of any ...
... require a cause in order to exist outside the mind . Agreed ; but it does require a cause to make it be conceived , and it is of this cause alone that the question here is raised . Thus , if anyone has in his mind the idea of any ...
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... require them , in virtue of their con- sciousness that falsity has never been found in matters of clear perception , while , on the contrary , amidst what is only obscurely comprehended they have never come upon the truth , except acci ...
... require them , in virtue of their con- sciousness that falsity has never been found in matters of clear perception , while , on the contrary , amidst what is only obscurely comprehended they have never come upon the truth , except acci ...
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... require a cause was a positive one . This I could not have affirmed of any finite thing however perfect in its own kind ; if it were alleged to be self - derived , this could be under- stood only in a negative sense , since no reason ...
... require a cause was a positive one . This I could not have affirmed of any finite thing however perfect in its own kind ; if it were alleged to be self - derived , this could be under- stood only in a negative sense , since no reason ...
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