The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 87
... false idea . But , you rejoin , its falsity consists in the very fact that it is not the idea of cold . Nay , it is your judgment that is false , if you deem it to be the idea of cold ; but it , itself , is in itself most true ...
... false idea . But , you rejoin , its falsity consists in the very fact that it is not the idea of cold . Nay , it is your judgment that is false , if you deem it to be the idea of cold ; but it , itself , is in itself most true ...
Page 106
... false , in so far as they furnish those who employ them with false judgments . Though indeed ideas that give the judgment little or no occasion for error cannot , it seems , be said with equal reason to be materi- ally false as those ...
... false , in so far as they furnish those who employ them with false judgments . Though indeed ideas that give the judgment little or no occasion for error cannot , it seems , be said with equal reason to be materi- ally false as those ...
Page 265
... false is to withhold your assent from it as though it were openly false and , altering our attitude to its direct opposite , to assume an opinion which represents it as false and imaginary . 3. That which is doubtful is to be treated as ...
... false is to withhold your assent from it as though it were openly false and , altering our attitude to its direct opposite , to assume an opinion which represents it as false and imaginary . 3. That which is doubtful is to be treated as ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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