The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... means of this character alone and unaided as a thing that thinks , it is quite possible that in reality corporeal attributes are compatible with a thinking being ; just as quantity can be mentally conceived by means of length alone ...
... means of this character alone and unaided as a thing that thinks , it is quite possible that in reality corporeal attributes are compatible with a thinking being ; just as quantity can be mentally conceived by means of length alone ...
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... means of which you could prove that it was different , a criterion which , in my opinion , you are not likely to ... means of a blind impulse , and not in our case also ? A morsel of food dis- charges a semblance of itself into the eye ...
... means of which you could prove that it was different , a criterion which , in my opinion , you are not likely to ... means of a blind impulse , and not in our case also ? A morsel of food dis- charges a semblance of itself into the eye ...
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... means of which we think , have declared that the name soul when used for both is equivocal ; and I say that , when soul is taken to mean the primary actuality or chief essence of man , it must be understood to apply only to the ...
... means of which we think , have declared that the name soul when used for both is equivocal ; and I say that , when soul is taken to mean the primary actuality or chief essence of man , it must be understood to apply only to the ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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