The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... soul itself . Have you , my worthy sir , in attaining to this result , followed the example of those ancients , who , though they thought that the soul was diffused throughout the whole body , believed that its principal part - the ...
... soul itself . Have you , my worthy sir , in attaining to this result , followed the example of those ancients , who , though they thought that the soul was diffused throughout the whole body , believed that its principal part - the ...
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... soul ; then , perceiving the distinction between nutrition and thinking , they called that which thinks mind , believing also that this was the chief part of the soul . But I , perceiving that the principle by which we are nourished is ...
... soul ; then , perceiving the distinction between nutrition and thinking , they called that which thinks mind , believing also that this was the chief part of the soul . But I , perceiving that the principle by which we are nourished is ...
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... soul ' , or mind or something else ; and so either body or soul or mind or something else exists . On the second alterna- tive you are wrong , and indeed commit a double error . To begin with you attempt the impossible and , though ...
... soul ' , or mind or something else ; and so either body or soul or mind or something else exists . On the second alterna- tive you are wrong , and indeed commit a double error . To begin with you attempt the impossible and , though ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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