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... Reason , is by nature equal in all men . Hence too it will show that the diversity of our opinions does not proceed from some men being more rational than others , but solely from the fact that our thoughts pass through diverse channels ...
... Reason , is by nature equal in all men . Hence too it will show that the diversity of our opinions does not proceed from some men being more rational than others , but solely from the fact that our thoughts pass through diverse channels ...
Page 106
... Reason and not of our imagination nor of our senses ; just as though we see the sun very clearly , we should not for that reason judge that it is of the size of which it appears to be ; likewise we could quite well distinctly imagine ...
... Reason and not of our imagination nor of our senses ; just as though we see the sun very clearly , we should not for that reason judge that it is of the size of which it appears to be ; likewise we could quite well distinctly imagine ...
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without reason that I believed myself to perceive objects quite different from my thought , to wit , bodies from which those ideas proceeded ; for I found by experience that these ideas presented themselves to me without my consent ...
without reason that I believed myself to perceive objects quite different from my thought , to wit , bodies from which those ideas proceeded ; for I found by experience that these ideas presented themselves to me without my consent ...
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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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