The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 143
... seems strange to you that you should know and understand more distinctly things the existence of which is dubious and which seem foreign to you ' . To begin with , that is an excellent saying ' that unknown part of you . ' For in truth ...
... seems strange to you that you should know and understand more distinctly things the existence of which is dubious and which seem foreign to you ' . To begin with , that is an excellent saying ' that unknown part of you . ' For in truth ...
Page 179
... seems , to be referred not so much to that power which lacks power as to its Author who created it with this lack of power and , though he was able to do so , declined to make it effective , or more effective than it is . It is ...
... seems , to be referred not so much to that power which lacks power as to its Author who created it with this lack of power and , though he was able to do so , declined to make it effective , or more effective than it is . It is ...
Page 181
... seems to arise indeed from the fact that the understanding apprehends that thing otherwise than as it is . Whence it seems to be not so much the blame of the free will , which judges wrong , as of the understanding which does not give ...
... seems to arise indeed from the fact that the understanding apprehends that thing otherwise than as it is . Whence it seems to be not so much the blame of the free will , which judges wrong , as of the understanding which does not give ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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