The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 37
... certainly no need for that idea to be produced in us by an angel ; I myself have already in the third Meditation ' said that the idea can be constructed out of those that we possess of God and of man . There is no point against me here ...
... certainly no need for that idea to be produced in us by an angel ; I myself have already in the third Meditation ' said that the idea can be constructed out of those that we possess of God and of man . There is no point against me here ...
Page 139
... Certainly you must not be unmoved if you are to cause movement , where exertion is called for ; nor can you rest immoveable when the body itself is moved . If this be so , why do you say that none of those things exist in you which are ...
... Certainly you must not be unmoved if you are to cause movement , where exertion is called for ; nor can you rest immoveable when the body itself is moved . If this be so , why do you say that none of those things exist in you which are ...
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... certainly not so , in the case of those which he has , as it were , placed publicly before us , which with little labour come to light , and are besides such as to procure great praise for God Himself , as for their author . You will ...
... certainly not so , in the case of those which he has , as it were , placed publicly before us , which with little labour come to light , and are besides such as to procure great praise for God Himself , as for their author . You will ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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