The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... belongs to His true and immutable nature ; therefore we can with truth affirm of God that He exists . This is at ... belongs to the essence of God in a greater degree than in the case of other things . Further , because we do not ...
... belongs to His true and immutable nature ; therefore we can with truth affirm of God that He exists . This is at ... belongs to the essence of God in a greater degree than in the case of other things . Further , because we do not ...
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... belong to the nature of anything can truly be affirmed of that thing . Thus , if to be an animal belongs to the nature of man it can be asserted that man is animal : if to have its three angles equal to two right angles belongs to the ...
... belong to the nature of anything can truly be affirmed of that thing . Thus , if to be an animal belongs to the nature of man it can be asserted that man is animal : if to have its three angles equal to two right angles belongs to the ...
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... belongs to the nature of that triangle , which he clearly and distinctly knows to be right - angled , so why am I not perhaps in the wrong in thinking that nothing else belongs to my nature , which I clearly and distinctly know to be ...
... belongs to the nature of that triangle , which he clearly and distinctly knows to be right - angled , so why am I not perhaps in the wrong in thinking that nothing else belongs to my nature , which I clearly and distinctly know to be ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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