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Page 153
... seems to me that I see light , that I hear noise and that I feel heat . That cannot be false ; properly speaking it is what is in me called feeling1 ; and used in this precise sense that is no other thing than thinking . From this time ...
... seems to me that I see light , that I hear noise and that I feel heat . That cannot be false ; properly speaking it is what is in me called feeling1 ; and used in this precise sense that is no other thing than thinking . From this time ...
Page 160
... seems indeed in the first place that I am taught this lesson by nature ; and , secondly , I experience in myself that these ideas do not depend on my will nor therefore on myself - for they often present themselves to my mind in spite ...
... seems indeed in the first place that I am taught this lesson by nature ; and , secondly , I experience in myself that these ideas do not depend on my will nor therefore on myself - for they often present themselves to my mind in spite ...
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... seem to follow that I can thus never be deceived ; for if I hold all that I possess from God , and if He has not placed in me the capacity for error , it seems as though I could never fall into error . And it is true that when I think ...
... seem to follow that I can thus never be deceived ; for if I hold all that I possess from God , and if He has not placed in me the capacity for error , it seems as though I could never fall into error . And it is true that when I think ...
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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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