The Philosophical Works of Descartes1931 |
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... simple essence of which we are in quest . Thus the term will be applicable to whatever is considered as being independent , or a cause , or simple , universal , one , equal , like , straight , and so forth ; and the absolute I call the ...
... simple essence of which we are in quest . Thus the term will be applicable to whatever is considered as being independent , or a cause , or simple , universal , one , equal , like , straight , and so forth ; and the absolute I call the ...
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... simple or that is obscure ; they grasp each fact by an act of thought that is similar , single , and distinct , after they have once arrived at the point in question . The whole of the difference between the apprehension of the simple ...
... simple or that is obscure ; they grasp each fact by an act of thought that is similar , single , and distinct , after they have once arrived at the point in question . The whole of the difference between the apprehension of the simple ...
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... simple natures we must rank the privative and negative terms corresponding to them in so far as our intelligence grasps them . For it is quite as genuinely an act of knowledge by which I am intuitively aware of what nothing is , or an ...
... simple natures we must rank the privative and negative terms corresponding to them in so far as our intelligence grasps them . For it is quite as genuinely an act of knowledge by which I am intuitively aware of what nothing is , or an ...
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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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