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... never to think of investigating truth at all , than to do so without a method . For it is very certain that unregulated inquiries and confused reflections of this kind only confound the natural light and blind our mental powers . Those ...
... never to think of investigating truth at all , than to do so without a method . For it is very certain that unregulated inquiries and confused reflections of this kind only confound the natural light and blind our mental powers . Those ...
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... never extended beyond trying to reform my own opinion and to build on a foundation which is entirely my own . If my work has given me a certain satisfaction , so that I here present to you a draft of it , I do not so do because I wish ...
... never extended beyond trying to reform my own opinion and to build on a foundation which is entirely my own . If my work has given me a certain satisfaction , so that I here present to you a draft of it , I do not so do because I wish ...
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... never forget it . And it is easy for me to understand that , in so far as I consider myself alone , and as if there were only myself in the world , I should have been much more perfect than I am , if God had created me so that I could never ...
... never forget it . And it is easy for me to understand that , in so far as I consider myself alone , and as if there were only myself in the world , I should have been much more perfect than I am , if God had created me so that I could never ...
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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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