The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... hence is not prior to it . Moreover , the light of nature certainly tells us that nothing exists about which the question , why it exists , cannot be asked , whether we enquire for its efficient cause , or , if it does not possess one ...
... hence is not prior to it . Moreover , the light of nature certainly tells us that nothing exists about which the question , why it exists , cannot be asked , whether we enquire for its efficient cause , or , if it does not possess one ...
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... Hence , while I have sought no praise from their rehearsal , I believe that it was impossible for me to omit them ... hence I am thought ; or I am using my intellect , hence I am intellect . For in the same way I might say , I am walking ...
... Hence , while I have sought no praise from their rehearsal , I believe that it was impossible for me to omit them ... hence I am thought ; or I am using my intellect , hence I am intellect . For in the same way I might say , I am walking ...
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... hence I am a thing that thinks and not a body , and the body does not pertain to the knowledge of myself . But the only result that I can see this to give , is that a certain knowledge of myself be obtained without a knowledge of the ...
... hence I am a thing that thinks and not a body , and the body does not pertain to the knowledge of myself . But the only result that I can see this to give , is that a certain knowledge of myself be obtained without a knowledge of the ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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