The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 74
... error , in so far as it is error , is nothing real , but merely defect . Hence in order to go astray , it is not necessary for me to have a faculty specially assigned to me by God for this purpose ' . It is true that ignorance is merely ...
... error , in so far as it is error , is nothing real , but merely defect . Hence in order to go astray , it is not necessary for me to have a faculty specially assigned to me by God for this purpose ' . It is true that ignorance is merely ...
Page 178
... error by means of possessing a clear knowledge of all things , you may yet avoid it by express resolve , the resolve ... error . You maintain that error resides in the act itself , in so far as it proceeds from you and is a sort of ...
... error by means of possessing a clear knowledge of all things , you may yet avoid it by express resolve , the resolve ... error . You maintain that error resides in the act itself , in so far as it proceeds from you and is a sort of ...
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... error is corrected not by the understanding but by the touch . For , although it is owing to touch that we judge that the staff is straight , and that by the mode of judging to which from infancy we are accustomed , and which is hence ...
... error is corrected not by the understanding but by the touch . For , although it is owing to touch that we judge that the staff is straight , and that by the mode of judging to which from infancy we are accustomed , and which is hence ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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