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Page 167
... finally why the power I have of acquiring these perfections , if it really exists in me , shall not suffice to produce the ideas of them . At the same time I recognise that this cannot be . For , in the first place , although it were ...
... finally why the power I have of acquiring these perfections , if it really exists in me , shall not suffice to produce the ideas of them . At the same time I recognise that this cannot be . For , in the first place , although it were ...
Page 197
... finally that since each of the movements which are in the portion of the brain by which the mind is immediately affected brings about one particular sensation only , we cannot under the cir- cumstances imagine anything more likely than ...
... finally that since each of the movements which are in the portion of the brain by which the mind is immediately affected brings about one particular sensation only , we cannot under the cir- cumstances imagine anything more likely than ...
Page 334
... finally pass from there into the great artery , whose branches spread throughout all the body . Likewise all those whom the authority of the ancients has not entirely blinded , and who have chosen to open their eyes for the purpose of ...
... finally pass from there into the great artery , whose branches spread throughout all the body . Likewise all those whom the authority of the ancients has not entirely blinded , and who have chosen to open their eyes for the purpose of ...
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The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Vol. 1 of 2: Rendered Into English ... Elizabeth S. Haldane No preview available - 2017 |
The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Vol. 1 of 2: Rendered Into English ... Elizabeth S. Haldane No preview available - 2015 |
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