The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... clear and distinct conception of this thinking substance . Yet I do not know that body exists , nor any of those things which pertain to the concept of corporeal substance . Nay , body does not exist , nor any corporeal thing . I have ...
... clear and distinct conception of this thinking substance . Yet I do not know that body exists , nor any of those things which pertain to the concept of corporeal substance . Nay , body does not exist , nor any corporeal thing . I have ...
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... clear and distinct concept of that . Next he asks to be shown that concept , so clear and distinct as it is , in order that he may fashion himself anew from one glimpse of it . Then he pretends that it is disclosed to him in the ...
... clear and distinct concept of that . Next he asks to be shown that concept , so clear and distinct as it is , in order that he may fashion himself anew from one glimpse of it . Then he pretends that it is disclosed to him in the ...
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... clear and distinct idea of anything . For it is manifest that those concepts which we possessed in childhood were not clear and distinct ; and that hence , unless they are deposed from their place , they will render obscure and confused ...
... clear and distinct idea of anything . For it is manifest that those concepts which we possessed in childhood were not clear and distinct ; and that hence , unless they are deposed from their place , they will render obscure and confused ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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