Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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René Descartes. opposed to that which makes for the avoidance of evil , which is called aversion . But inasmuch as there is no good whose privation is not an evil , nor any evil considered in a positive sense , whose privation is not a ...
René Descartes. opposed to that which makes for the avoidance of evil , which is called aversion . But inasmuch as there is no good whose privation is not an evil , nor any evil considered in a positive sense , whose privation is not a ...
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... evil which are the causes of it ; e.g. when this good or this evil form their impressions in the brain without the inter- mission of the soul , sometimes because they only pertain to the body , and sometimes , too , although they ...
... evil which are the causes of it ; e.g. when this good or this evil form their impressions in the brain without the inter- mission of the soul , sometimes because they only pertain to the body , and sometimes , too , although they ...
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... evil . It is true that it is in some ways doing evil to possess a good of which we are not worthy [ digne ] ; and this may be the reason why Aristotle and his successors , supposing envy to be always a vice , have termed by the name ...
... evil . It is true that it is in some ways doing evil to possess a good of which we are not worthy [ digne ] ; and this may be the reason why Aristotle and his successors , supposing envy to be always a vice , have termed by the name ...
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