The Philosophical Works of Descartes: Rendered Into English, Volume 2Dover Publications, 1934 - Enlightenment |
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Page 129
... wish to follow are less ignorant , otherwise they would do ill to follow them , and would act as automata or as mere animals rather than as men . Hence it is the most absurd and extravagant error that a philosopher can commit , to wish ...
... wish to follow are less ignorant , otherwise they would do ill to follow them , and would act as automata or as mere animals rather than as men . Hence it is the most absurd and extravagant error that a philosopher can commit , to wish ...
Page 182
... wish it or do not wish it , I recognise very clearly , even though I have never thought of them at all before when I imagined a triangle , 2 Vol . 1. p . 179 , par . 4 . 1 Vol . I. p . 179 ad init . and which therefore have not been ...
... wish it or do not wish it , I recognise very clearly , even though I have never thought of them at all before when I imagined a triangle , 2 Vol . 1. p . 179 , par . 4 . 1 Vol . I. p . 179 ad init . and which therefore have not been ...
Page 224
... wish to believe it that you pass that judgment . So while I confess that there is nothing that we wish about which we do not understand something , I deny that what we understand equals what we will ; for we may wish many things about ...
... wish to believe it that you pass that judgment . So while I confess that there is nothing that we wish about which we do not understand something , I deny that what we understand equals what we will ; for we may wish many things about ...
Contents
Reply to the First Objections | 9 |
Second Set of Objections | 24 |
Reply to Second Objections | 30 |
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