The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 45
... nature of anything , can truth- fully be asserted to belong to its nature ; and consequently nothing but an unprofitable tautology will be contained in it . But my major premise was as follows - that which we clearly understand to ...
... nature of anything , can truth- fully be asserted to belong to its nature ; and consequently nothing but an unprofitable tautology will be contained in it . But my major premise was as follows - that which we clearly understand to ...
Page 54
... natures in which there is a complex of many coexistent attri- butes , such as e.g. the nature of the triangle or of the square , or of any other figure ; and so too the nature of Mind , the nature of Body , and above all the nature of ...
... natures in which there is a complex of many coexistent attri- butes , such as e.g. the nature of the triangle or of the square , or of any other figure ; and so too the nature of Mind , the nature of Body , and above all the nature of ...
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... nature that he cannot exist without being animal , we must not therefore imagine that such a nature is anything or exists anywhere outside the mind ; but that the meaning is merely this , that if anything is a human being it must itself ...
... nature that he cannot exist without being animal , we must not therefore imagine that such a nature is anything or exists anywhere outside the mind ; but that the meaning is merely this , that if anything is a human being it must itself ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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