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... infinite substance - since I am finite - if it had not proceeded from some substance which was veritably infinite . Nor should I imagine that I do not perceive the infinite by a true idea , but only by the negation of the finite , just ...
... infinite substance - since I am finite - if it had not proceeded from some substance which was veritably infinite . Nor should I imagine that I do not perceive the infinite by a true idea , but only by the negation of the finite , just ...
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... infinite . Nevertheless this does not quite satisfy me ; for error is not a pure negation [ i.e. is not the simple defect or want of some perfection which ought not to be mine ] , but it is a lack of some knowledge which it seems that I ...
... infinite . Nevertheless this does not quite satisfy me ; for error is not a pure negation [ i.e. is not the simple defect or want of some perfection which ought not to be mine ] , but it is a lack of some knowledge which it seems that I ...
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... infinite . Being thus aware that God alone is the true cause of all that is or can be , we shall doubtless follow the best method of philosophising , if , from the knowledge which we possess of His nature , we pass to an explanation of ...
... infinite . Being thus aware that God alone is the true cause of all that is or can be , we shall doubtless follow the best method of philosophising , if , from the knowledge which we possess of His nature , we pass to an explanation of ...
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