...entire cause as in its effect ; for whence can the effect draw its reality if not from its cause ? And how could the cause communicate to it this reality...reality — cannot be the effect of the less perfect." — Descartes, ' Meditations,' iii. " In not a few of the progressionists the weak illusion is unmistakable,...

...entire cause as in its effect ; for whence can the effect draw its reality if not from its cause ? And how could the cause communicate to it this reality...reality — cannot be the effect of the less perfect." — Descartes, ' Meditations,' iii. " In not a few of the progressionists the weak illusion is unmistakable,...

...and total cause as in its effect; for whence can the effect draw its reality if not from its cause f and how could the cause communicate to it this reality...be produced by what is not, but likewise that the niore perfect,—in other words, that which contains in itselff mor,& reality— cannot be the effect...

...and total cause as in its effect ; for whence can the effect draw its reality if not from its cause ? and how could the cause communicate to it this reality...follows, not only that what is cannot be produced by what ia not, but likewise that the more perfect, — in other words, that which contains in itself more...

...what is more perfect — that is to say, which has more reality within itself — cannot proceed from the less perfect. And this is not only evidently true of those effects which possess actual or formal reality, but m also of the ideas in which we consider merely what is...

...subjective reality: "not only Being cannot be produced by nothingness, but also . . . the more perfect, that which contains in itself more reality, cannot be the effect of the less perfect and depend on it."5 Thus, reality that depends upon the subject is real to a lesser degree than actual...

...what is more perfect— that is to say, which has more reality within itself—cannot proceed from the less perfect. And this is not only evidently true of those effects which possess actual or formal reality, but also of the ideas in which we consider merely what is termed...

...and total cause as in its effect; for whence can the effect draw its reality if not from its cause? And how could the cause communicate to it this reality...reality — cannot be the effect of the less perfect. . . . By the name God, I understand a substance infinite, independent, allknowing, all-powerful, and...

...what is more perfect — that is to say, which has more reality within itself — cannot proceed from the less perfect. And this is not only evidently true of those effects which possess actual or formal reality, but also of the ideas in which we consider merely what is termed...