The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 192
... corporeal , or represented by a corporeal idea ? For indeed the Triangle , the Pentagon , the Chiliagon , the Myriagon and the other figures or their ideas are altogether corporeal , and the mind cannot in its intellectual activity ...
... corporeal , or represented by a corporeal idea ? For indeed the Triangle , the Pentagon , the Chiliagon , the Myriagon and the other figures or their ideas are altogether corporeal , and the mind cannot in its intellectual activity ...
Page 231
... corporeal resemblance can be received in the mind , but that what occurs there is the pure thinking of a thing , whether it be corporeal or equally whether it be one that is incorporeal and lacking any corporeal semblance . But as to ...
... corporeal resemblance can be received in the mind , but that what occurs there is the pure thinking of a thing , whether it be corporeal or equally whether it be one that is incorporeal and lacking any corporeal semblance . But as to ...
Page 243
... corporeal motions , i.e. as I interpret , that thoughts and corporeal motions are one and the same , is self - contradictory , I reply that , though to me it is very certain , I do not promise that others can be convinced of the same ...
... corporeal motions , i.e. as I interpret , that thoughts and corporeal motions are one and the same , is self - contradictory , I reply that , though to me it is very certain , I do not promise that others can be convinced of the same ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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