The Philosophical Works of Descartes1931 |
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... already discovered and those weapons of the schoolmen , probable syllogisms , which are so well suited for polemics . They indeed give practice to the wits of youths and , producing emulation among them , act as a stimulus ; and it is ...
... already discovered and those weapons of the schoolmen , probable syllogisms , which are so well suited for polemics . They indeed give practice to the wits of youths and , producing emulation among them , act as a stimulus ; and it is ...
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... already known . All three conditions are realised even in questions that are not fully understood . Thus if the problem be the nature of the magnet , we already know what is meant by the two words ' magnet ' and ' nature , ' and this ...
... already known . All three conditions are realised even in questions that are not fully understood . Thus if the problem be the nature of the magnet , we already know what is meant by the two words ' magnet ' and ' nature , ' and this ...
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... already settled in our problems , we can represent it by one of the magnitudes already presented to us , or by any other magnitude we like , and it will be the common measure of all the others . We shall understand that in it there ...
... already settled in our problems , we can represent it by one of the magnitudes already presented to us , or by any other magnitude we like , and it will be the common measure of all the others . We shall understand that in it there ...
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The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Vol. 1 of 2: Rendered Into English ... Elizabeth S. Haldane No preview available - 2017 |
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