An Anthology of Modern Philosophy: Selections for Beginners from the Writings of the Greatest Philosophers from 1500 to 1900, with Biographical Sketches, Analyses, Diagrams and Questions for DiscussionDaniel Sommer Robinson |
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... cause necessary by supposition , as also the cause requisite for the production of the effect . But a CAUSE simply , or an entire cause , is the aggregate of all the accidents both of the agents how many soever they be , and of the ...
... cause necessary by supposition , as also the cause requisite for the production of the effect . But a CAUSE simply , or an entire cause , is the aggregate of all the accidents both of the agents how many soever they be , and of the ...
Page 134
... cause which produced it was a sufficient cause ; but if it be not produced , and yet be possible , it is evi- dent that something was wanting either in some agent , or in the patient , without which it could not be produced ; that is ...
... cause which produced it was a sufficient cause ; but if it be not produced , and yet be possible , it is evi- dent that something was wanting either in some agent , or in the patient , without which it could not be produced ; that is ...
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... cause , if nothing follow it ; but after the last , nothing follows . And from hence it is , that in all action the beginning and cause are taken for the same thing . But every one of the intermediate parts are both action and passion ...
... cause , if nothing follow it ; but after the last , nothing follows . And from hence it is , that in all action the beginning and cause are taken for the same thing . But every one of the intermediate parts are both action and passion ...
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PARACELSUS THE GREAT | 3 |
GIORDANO BRUNO | 24 |
TOMMASO CAMPANELLA | 59 |
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