The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... mind , it will be quite right to reply that this is a merely extrinsic attribute which affects it , and to wit , one which determines an operation of the mind in the mode due to the object . But if the question be , what the idea of the ...
... mind , it will be quite right to reply that this is a merely extrinsic attribute which affects it , and to wit , one which determines an operation of the mind in the mode due to the object . But if the question be , what the idea of the ...
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... mind . Conversely also , I understand that mind is something complete , which doubts , knows , wishes , etc. , although I deny that anything belongs to it which is contained in the idea of body . Hence there is a real distinction between ...
... mind . Conversely also , I understand that mind is something complete , which doubts , knows , wishes , etc. , although I deny that anything belongs to it which is contained in the idea of body . Hence there is a real distinction between ...
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... mind or something else ; and so either body or soul or mind or something else exists . On the second alterna- tive you are wrong , and indeed commit a double error . To begin with you attempt the impossible and , though existing , want ...
... mind or something else ; and so either body or soul or mind or something else exists . On the second alterna- tive you are wrong , and indeed commit a double error . To begin with you attempt the impossible and , though existing , want ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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