The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... perfect than you or than your body ; it is more perfect only than that emptiness which exists in your stomach . How then do you gather that there is something more perfect than you ? It is viz . in so far as you behold the totality of ...
... perfect than you or than your body ; it is more perfect only than that emptiness which exists in your stomach . How then do you gather that there is something more perfect than you ? It is viz . in so far as you behold the totality of ...
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... perfect State , the perfect Orator , etc. Finally , from the fact that you exist and possess the idea of a supremely perfect being , you conclude , that you have a highly evident demonstration of the existence of God . But though your ...
... perfect State , the perfect Orator , etc. Finally , from the fact that you exist and possess the idea of a supremely perfect being , you conclude , that you have a highly evident demonstration of the existence of God . But though your ...
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... perfect , if all its parts had been perfect , than as the case actually holds , when many of its parts are imperfect . Thus that State will be more perfect in which all the citizens are good , than another in which many or some are bad ...
... perfect , if all its parts had been perfect , than as the case actually holds , when many of its parts are imperfect . Thus that State will be more perfect in which all the citizens are good , than another in which many or some are bad ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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