The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 43
... reason that it contains something of which we are in ignorance . Consequently your objection about the faith one should embrace1 affects me no more than it does any others who have at any time cultivated the human power of reason ; and ...
... reason that it contains something of which we are in ignorance . Consequently your objection about the faith one should embrace1 affects me no more than it does any others who have at any time cultivated the human power of reason ; and ...
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... reason is that the very term continuation , just like that of conservation , implies something of potentiality . But an infinite being is pure actuality without any potentiality . Hence , let us conclude that God cannot be conceived to ...
... reason is that the very term continuation , just like that of conservation , implies something of potentiality . But an infinite being is pure actuality without any potentiality . Hence , let us conclude that God cannot be conceived to ...
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... reason , they do have a reason of their own . Hence evidently they cannot be called irrational except in comparison with us , or relatively to our species of reason , since in any case λóyos or ratio3 seems to be as general in its ...
... reason , they do have a reason of their own . Hence evidently they cannot be called irrational except in comparison with us , or relatively to our species of reason , since in any case λóyos or ratio3 seems to be as general in its ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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