The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 127
... truth . This is the sole purpose for which I have employed it . Your friends mark six objections to Meditation II ... truth should be investigated . For it is certain that in order to discover the truth we should always start with ...
... truth . This is the sole purpose for which I have employed it . Your friends mark six objections to Meditation II ... truth should be investigated . For it is certain that in order to discover the truth we should always start with ...
Page 154
... truth . But if truth is merely the conformity of a judgment with the thing about which the judgment is passed , truth is a certain relation , and hence not to be distinguished from that very thing and that Idea as related to each other ...
... truth . But if truth is merely the conformity of a judgment with the thing about which the judgment is passed , truth is a certain relation , and hence not to be distinguished from that very thing and that Idea as related to each other ...
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... truth can never be contrary to another truth , it would be a kind of impiety to fear that the truths dis- covered in philosophy were contrary to those of the true Faith . And I even assert that our religion teaches us nothing which ...
... truth can never be contrary to another truth , it would be a kind of impiety to fear that the truths dis- covered in philosophy were contrary to those of the true Faith . And I even assert that our religion teaches us nothing which ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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