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George Nakhnikian. ( 9 ) Hence , a being with infinite formal reality , namely , God , exists . We cannot begin to understand this argument if we have no idea of what is meant by ' objective reality ' and ' formal reality ' . Perhaps an ...
George Nakhnikian. ( 9 ) Hence , a being with infinite formal reality , namely , God , exists . We cannot begin to understand this argument if we have no idea of what is meant by ' objective reality ' and ' formal reality ' . Perhaps an ...
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... reality ; only ideas have objec- tive reality . The cause of the idea of God must have formal reality , as any entity must . It may also have eminent reality . What we have here is a distinction between two kinds of formal reality . One ...
... reality ; only ideas have objec- tive reality . The cause of the idea of God must have formal reality , as any entity must . It may also have eminent reality . What we have here is a distinction between two kinds of formal reality . One ...
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... reality possessed by the can of beans is equal to , or greater than , the degree of formal reality of the monsters . This is contrary to the assumption that we can , I think , justly attribute to Descartes , that a can of beans is ...
... reality possessed by the can of beans is equal to , or greater than , the degree of formal reality of the monsters . This is contrary to the assumption that we can , I think , justly attribute to Descartes , that a can of beans is ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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