The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... infinite qua infinite is in nowise compre- hended , but that nevertheless it is understood , in so far as clearly and distinctly to understand a thing to be such that no limits can be found in it is to understand clearly that it is infinite ...
... infinite qua infinite is in nowise compre- hended , but that nevertheless it is understood , in so far as clearly and distinctly to understand a thing to be such that no limits can be found in it is to understand clearly that it is infinite ...
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... infinite substance could not be so derived , because you are not infinite1 . But you do not possess for that reason any idea of an infinite substance , except in a verbal sense , and in the way in which men are said to comprehend ...
... infinite substance could not be so derived , because you are not infinite1 . But you do not possess for that reason any idea of an infinite substance , except in a verbal sense , and in the way in which men are said to comprehend ...
Page 166
... infinite , your idea is only of the finite , if you do not comprehend the infinite , but merely the finite . You can at most be said to know part of the infinite , but not , on that account , the infinite itself ; just as a man who had ...
... infinite , your idea is only of the finite , if you do not comprehend the infinite , but merely the finite . You can at most be said to know part of the infinite , but not , on that account , the infinite itself ; just as a man who had ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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