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... least in this respect safer , that it has been approved of by more prudent people . We ourselves rejoice that we in earlier years experienced this scholastic training ; but now , being released from that oath of allegiance which bound ...
... least in this respect safer , that it has been approved of by more prudent people . We ourselves rejoice that we in earlier years experienced this scholastic training ; but now , being released from that oath of allegiance which bound ...
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... least confess that the things which are represented to us in sleep are like painted representations which can only have been formed as the counter- parts of something real and true , and that in this way those general things at least ...
... least confess that the things which are represented to us in sleep are like painted representations which can only have been formed as the counter- parts of something real and true , and that in this way those general things at least ...
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... least as perfect as heat , and so in all other cases . But further , the idea of heat , or of a stone , cannot exist in me unless it has been placed within me by some cause which possesses within it at least as much reality as that ...
... least as perfect as heat , and so in all other cases . But further , the idea of heat , or of a stone , cannot exist in me unless it has been placed within me by some cause which possesses within it at least as much reality as that ...
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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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