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... clear and distinct intuition that q . In the Discourse on Method , Descartes writes : " For even if in sleep we had some very distinct idea such as a geometrician might have who discovered some new demonstra- tion , the fact of being ...
... clear and distinct intuition that q . In the Discourse on Method , Descartes writes : " For even if in sleep we had some very distinct idea such as a geometrician might have who discovered some new demonstra- tion , the fact of being ...
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... clear and distinct ” ideas would once and for all be freed of all doubt , if God's existence were proved . If God exists , then we are not at the mercy of an evil spirit . This line of attack generates a circle . ( See Section 7 , below ...
... clear and distinct ” ideas would once and for all be freed of all doubt , if God's existence were proved . If God exists , then we are not at the mercy of an evil spirit . This line of attack generates a circle . ( See Section 7 , below ...
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... clear and distinct memory impressions , all clear and distinct perceptions of our own states of wakefuness , and all clearly and distinctly perceived mathematical propositions that are such that it is possible to believe them ...
... clear and distinct memory impressions , all clear and distinct perceptions of our own states of wakefuness , and all clearly and distinctly perceived mathematical propositions that are such that it is possible to believe them ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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