Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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René Descartes. PREFATORY NOTE TO THE METHOD . The Discourse on the Method and Essays was originally published anonymously in 1637 by Jan Maire of Leiden , in somewhat shabby form . It was Descartes ' first published work , the much ...
René Descartes. PREFATORY NOTE TO THE METHOD . The Discourse on the Method and Essays was originally published anonymously in 1637 by Jan Maire of Leiden , in somewhat shabby form . It was Descartes ' first published work , the much ...
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... Method which the author has sought out ; while in the third are some of the rules of morality which he has derived from this Method . In the fourth are the reasons by which he proves the existence of God and of the human soul , which ...
... Method which the author has sought out ; while in the third are some of the rules of morality which he has derived from this Method . In the fourth are the reasons by which he proves the existence of God and of the human soul , which ...
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... Method which teaches us to follow the true order and enumerate exactly every term in the matter under investigation contains everything which gives certainty to the rules of Arithmetic . But what pleased me most in this Method was that ...
... Method which teaches us to follow the true order and enumerate exactly every term in the matter under investigation contains everything which gives certainty to the rules of Arithmetic . But what pleased me most in this Method was that ...
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