The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 180
... judge correctly . Wherefore there is no reason for extending the will beyond the bounds of the intellect , since it is not the case that it judges of things which the understanding does not perceive , and judges ill for the sole reason ...
... judge correctly . Wherefore there is no reason for extending the will beyond the bounds of the intellect , since it is not the case that it judges of things which the understanding does not perceive , and judges ill for the sole reason ...
Page 181
... judge ; it seems to arise indeed from the fact that the understanding apprehends that thing otherwise than as it is . Whence it seems to be not so much the blame of the free will , which judges wrong , as of the understanding which does ...
... judge ; it seems to arise indeed from the fact that the understanding apprehends that thing otherwise than as it is . Whence it seems to be not so much the blame of the free will , which judges wrong , as of the understanding which does ...
Page 224
... judge that the mind is a certain attenuated body , you are indeed able to understand that the mind is itself , i.e. a thinking thing , and likewise that an attenuated body is an extended thing ; but assuredly you do not understand that ...
... judge that the mind is a certain attenuated body , you are indeed able to understand that the mind is itself , i.e. a thinking thing , and likewise that an attenuated body is an extended thing ; but assuredly you do not understand that ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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