The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 165
... principles which they understood , derived the ideas of those very things , and held them in such a way that by enlarging them they formed the idea of an infinite universe , of infinite worlds and of infinite principles ; you would say ...
... principles which they understood , derived the ideas of those very things , and held them in such a way that by enlarging them they formed the idea of an infinite universe , of infinite worlds and of infinite principles ; you would say ...
Page 318
... principles . They are both non - existent and infinite . Other systems , in order to evolve the certain from the certain , do indeed posit , clear , evident and innate principles , e.g. The whole is greater than its part ; out of ...
... principles . They are both non - existent and infinite . Other systems , in order to evolve the certain from the certain , do indeed posit , clear , evident and innate principles , e.g. The whole is greater than its part ; out of ...
Page 359
... principles of the philosophy of the Peripatetics , that I myself cannot demonstrate to be false and illegitimate . And to prove this , let any one set before me , not all , for I do not consider that they are worth the trouble of ...
... principles of the philosophy of the Peripatetics , that I myself cannot demonstrate to be false and illegitimate . And to prove this , let any one set before me , not all , for I do not consider that they are worth the trouble of ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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