The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... distinctly apart from another , etc. , we cannot go on to complete the argument thus : -but I clearly and distinctly apprehend this triangle ' , etc. Firstly , because the ratio between the square on the base and those on the sides is ...
... distinctly apart from another , etc. , we cannot go on to complete the argument thus : -but I clearly and distinctly apprehend this triangle ' , etc. Firstly , because the ratio between the square on the base and those on the sides is ...
Page 151
... distinctly are true ' . But though amid the obscurity that surrounds us , there may very well be no better Rule obtainable , yet when we see that many minds of the first rank , which seem to have perceived many things so clearly and ...
... distinctly are true ' . But though amid the obscurity that surrounds us , there may very well be no better Rule obtainable , yet when we see that many minds of the first rank , which seem to have perceived many things so clearly and ...
Page 152
... distinctly that I took them for the truest and most indubitable of axioms : nevertheless arguments subsequently presented themselves which con- vinced me of the opposite , seeming to make me perceive that more clearly and more distinctly ...
... distinctly that I took them for the truest and most indubitable of axioms : nevertheless arguments subsequently presented themselves which con- vinced me of the opposite , seeming to make me perceive that more clearly and more distinctly ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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