Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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... perfect ( for I saw clearly that it was a greater perfection to know than to doubt ) , I resolved to inquire whence I had learnt to think of anything more perfect than I myself was ; and I recognised very clearly that this conception ...
... perfect ( for I saw clearly that it was a greater perfection to know than to doubt ) , I resolved to inquire whence I had learnt to think of anything more perfect than I myself was ; and I recognised very clearly that this conception ...
Page 138
... perfect than I am , that this idea is more perfect than I , and much less that what is represented by this idea exists . But I reply that in this term idea there is here something equivocal , for it may either be taken materially , as ...
... perfect than I am , that this idea is more perfect than I , and much less that what is represented by this idea exists . But I reply that in this term idea there is here something equivocal , for it may either be taken materially , as ...
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... perfect Being , it has clearly to conclude that this absolutely perfect Being exists . PRINCIPLE XV . That necessary existence is not similarly included in the notion we have of other things , but merely contingent existence . The mind ...
... perfect Being , it has clearly to conclude that this absolutely perfect Being exists . PRINCIPLE XV . That necessary existence is not similarly included in the notion we have of other things , but merely contingent existence . The mind ...
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