The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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... understanding . Here there is a manifest error in the form of the argument ; for the only conclusion to be drawn is - hence , when we understand what the word God means , we understand that it means that God exists in fact as well as in ...
... understanding . Here there is a manifest error in the form of the argument ; for the only conclusion to be drawn is - hence , when we understand what the word God means , we understand that it means that God exists in fact as well as in ...
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... understand matters of which they have no knowledge ] , but not the just persuasion of those who accept with caution what they believe . For there are three things in the soul of man , as St Augustine , in De Utilit . Credendi , ch . 15 ...
... understand matters of which they have no knowledge ] , but not the just persuasion of those who accept with caution what they believe . For there are three things in the soul of man , as St Augustine , in De Utilit . Credendi , ch . 15 ...
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... understand that the mind is itself , i.e. a thinking thing , and likewise that an attenuated body is an extended thing ; but assuredly you do not understand that the thing which thinks and the extended thing are one and the same thing ...
... understand that the mind is itself , i.e. a thinking thing , and likewise that an attenuated body is an extended thing ; but assuredly you do not understand that the thing which thinks and the extended thing are one and the same thing ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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