The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... least as much reality in the efficient and total cause as in its effect ' . You do so in order that you may infer that there must be at least as much formal reality in the cause of the idea as this idea contains of objective reality ...
... least as much reality in the efficient and total cause as in its effect ' . You do so in order that you may infer that there must be at least as much formal reality in the cause of the idea as this idea contains of objective reality ...
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... least no narrower a range than the will , since will is never directed towards anything of which the understanding has not previously had cognizance . I said ' at least no narrower a range ' ; for really the under- standing seems to ...
... least no narrower a range than the will , since will is never directed towards anything of which the understanding has not previously had cognizance . I said ' at least no narrower a range ' ; for really the under- standing seems to ...
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... least were able to doubt whether it was round or square or of some other figure . Similarly that feeling of pain , which appears still to exist in the foot or in the hand after these members have been cut off , may on occasion cause ...
... least were able to doubt whether it was round or square or of some other figure . Similarly that feeling of pain , which appears still to exist in the foot or in the hand after these members have been cut off , may on occasion cause ...
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Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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