The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... effect ; on the contrary , a thing does not properly conform to the notion of cause except during the time that it produces its effect , and hence is not prior to it . Moreover , the light of nature certainly tells us that nothing ...
... effect ; on the contrary , a thing does not properly conform to the notion of cause except during the time that it produces its effect , and hence is not prior to it . Moreover , the light of nature certainly tells us that nothing ...
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... effect , only because the light of nature does not permit him to assert that ? Now surely , if every effect depends upon a cause and receives its existence from a cause , is it not clear that the same thing cannot depend upon itself ...
... effect , only because the light of nature does not permit him to assert that ? Now surely , if every effect depends upon a cause and receives its existence from a cause , is it not clear that the same thing cannot depend upon itself ...
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... effect . And although the effect may be said to hold its reality from the efficient cause , yet it does not acquire that which the efficient cause has necessarily in itself , but that which can be communicated from another source . The ...
... effect . And although the effect may be said to hold its reality from the efficient cause , yet it does not acquire that which the efficient cause has necessarily in itself , but that which can be communicated from another source . The ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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