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... idea should contain some one certain objective reality rather than another , it must without doubt derive it from some cause in which there is at least as much formal reality as this idea contains of objective reality . For if we ...
... idea should contain some one certain objective reality rather than another , it must without doubt derive it from some cause in which there is at least as much formal reality as this idea contains of objective reality . For if we ...
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... idea of a Being more perfect than myself , in comparison with which I should recognise the deficiencies of my nature ? And we cannot say that this idea of God is perhaps materially false and that consequently I can derive it from nought ...
... idea of a Being more perfect than myself , in comparison with which I should recognise the deficiencies of my nature ? And we cannot say that this idea of God is perhaps materially false and that consequently I can derive it from nought ...
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... idea of a machine in the construction of which there is much skill displayed , we have reason to ask how he obtained the idea , e.g. whether he saw somewhere a similar machine made by another , or whether he had a thorough knowledge of ...
... idea of a machine in the construction of which there is much skill displayed , we have reason to ask how he obtained the idea , e.g. whether he saw somewhere a similar machine made by another , or whether he had a thorough knowledge 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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