The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... statement - that the possibility of a regress to the infinite is not absurd , is invalidated by what you yourself after- wards say . For you allow that it is absurd in the case of causes which are so connected with one another that no ...
... statement - that the possibility of a regress to the infinite is not absurd , is invalidated by what you yourself after- wards say . For you allow that it is absurd in the case of causes which are so connected with one another that no ...
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... statement : What appears certain to a man who is in doubt whether he is dreaming or awake , is certain , and so certain that it can be laid down as the basis of a science and a metaphysic of the highest certainty and accuracy . Now you ...
... statement : What appears certain to a man who is in doubt whether he is dreaming or awake , is certain , and so certain that it can be laid down as the basis of a science and a metaphysic of the highest certainty and accuracy . Now you ...
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... statement I have a body ' ? Doubtless because it seems to you doubtful . But is this also not doubtful , viz . ' I do not have a body ' ? Is there anyone likely to take as the foundation of his whole science and doctrine and especially ...
... statement I have a body ' ? Doubtless because it seems to you doubtful . But is this also not doubtful , viz . ' I do not have a body ' ? Is there anyone likely to take as the foundation of his whole science and doctrine and especially ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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