History of Philosophy: Descartes to LeibnizDiscusses Descartes, Pascal, Malebranche, Spinoza and Leibniz. Deals with the great rationalist systems of philosophy in Europe in the preKantian period. + |
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... theory of innate ideas - Methodic doubt . III . DESCARTES ( 2 ) Cogito , ergo sum - Thinking and the thinker - The criterion of truth - The existence of God - The accusation of a vicious circle - The explanation of error - The certainty ...
... theory of innate ideas - Methodic doubt . III . DESCARTES ( 2 ) Cogito , ergo sum - Thinking and the thinker - The criterion of truth - The existence of God - The accusation of a vicious circle - The explanation of error - The certainty ...
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... theory of motion as presented by certain fourteenth - century physicists . Similarly , a certain continuity can be observed within the philosophical sphere . We can see philosophy in the Middle Ages gradually winning recognition as a ...
... theory of motion as presented by certain fourteenth - century physicists . Similarly , a certain continuity can be observed within the philosophical sphere . We can see philosophy in the Middle Ages gradually winning recognition as a ...
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... theory of natural law by Hooker , 1 who had himself been influenced by mediaeval thought , the Lockean idea of natural law is not precisely the same as that of St. Thomas Aquinas . We can , of course , become the slaves of words or ...
... theory of natural law by Hooker , 1 who had himself been influenced by mediaeval thought , the Lockean idea of natural law is not precisely the same as that of St. Thomas Aquinas . We can , of course , become the slaves of words or ...
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... modern ' if we compare them with St. Thomas or St. Bonaventure . 1 For example , his theory of substance with the dogma of transubstantiation . One should , of course , distinguish between a recognition 6 A HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - IV.
... modern ' if we compare them with St. Thomas or St. Bonaventure . 1 For example , his theory of substance with the dogma of transubstantiation . One should , of course , distinguish between a recognition 6 A HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - IV.
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... theory to explain the interaction between mind and body . Spinoza wrote on human cognition , on the passions and on the reconciliation of the apparent consciousness or awareness of freedom with the determinism demanded by his system ...
... theory to explain the interaction between mind and body . Spinoza wrote on human cognition , on the passions and on the reconciliation of the apparent consciousness or awareness of freedom with the determinism demanded by his system ...
Contents
DESCARTES 1 | 63 |
DESCARTES 2 | 90 |
DESCARTES 3 | 116 |
DESCARTES 4 | 124 |
DESCARTES 5 | 139 |
PASCAL | 153 |
LEIBNIZ | 159 |
CARTESIANISM | 174 |
SPINOZA 2 | 214 |
SPINOZA 3 | 230 |
SPINOZA 4 | 238 |
SPINOZA 5 | 252 |
LEIBNIZ 1 | 264 |
LEIBNIZ 2 | 273 |
LEIBNIZ 3 | 295 |
from eternal truthsThe argument from truths of factThe | 320 |
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