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The following distinction between primary and secondary qualities and the claim that primary qualities are alone real , whereas secondary qualities are merely subjective , were familiar notions in Berkeley's day .
The following distinction between primary and secondary qualities and the claim that primary qualities are alone real , whereas secondary qualities are merely subjective , were familiar notions in Berkeley's day .
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Even though the other primary qualities be allowed to exist without , it will be evident that the same thing bears a different denomination of number as the mind views it with different respects . Thus the same extension is one ...
Even though the other primary qualities be allowed to exist without , it will be evident that the same thing bears a different denomination of number as the mind views it with different respects . Thus the same extension is one ...
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The old truth that secondary qualities are merely relative has been extended to primary qualities also . The idea of substance is a fiction . We speak of things having qualities ; e.g. , we speak of this tree as having the quality of ...
The old truth that secondary qualities are merely relative has been extended to primary qualities also . The idea of substance is a fiction . We speak of things having qualities ; e.g. , we speak of this tree as having the quality of ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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| Title | An Introduction to Modern Philosophy in Seven Philosophical Problems |
| Author | Alburey Castell |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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