RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE MEDITATIONS AND REPLIES THE GEOMETRY1952 |
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... false is to withhold your assent from it as though it were openly false and, altering our attitude to its direct opposite, to assume an opinion which represents it as false and imaginary. 3. That which is doubtful is to be treated as ...
... false is to withhold your assent from it as though it were openly false and, altering our attitude to its direct opposite, to assume an opinion which represents it as false and imaginary. 3. That which is doubtful is to be treated as ...
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... false or less than nothing. Thus, if we suppose x to represent the defect of a quantity 5, we have £+5=0 which, multiplied by x3— 9x2+26x— 24 = 0, yields x4— 4x8 — 19x2+106x — 120 = 0, an equation having four roots, namely three true ...
... false or less than nothing. Thus, if we suppose x to represent the defect of a quantity 5, we have £+5=0 which, multiplied by x3— 9x2+26x— 24 = 0, yields x4— 4x8 — 19x2+106x — 120 = 0, an equation having four roots, namely three true ...
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... false roots ; while diminishing either a true or a false root by a quantity equal to it makes the root zero ; and diminishing it by a quantity greater than the root renders a true root false or a false root true. Thus by increasing the ...
... false roots ; while diminishing either a true or a false root by a quantity equal to it makes the root zero ; and diminishing it by a quantity greater than the root renders a true root false or a false root true. Thus by increasing the ...
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Discourse on the Method | 41 |
Of the Things which may be brought within | 75 |
that He exists | 81 |
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