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Page 68
... kind or species of thing is , of course , nothing other than the definition of that species . [ D ] efinition reveals essential nature ' [ 91al ] . Hence the definitions with which each science is prefaced pro- vide the means to acquire ...
... kind or species of thing is , of course , nothing other than the definition of that species . [ D ] efinition reveals essential nature ' [ 91al ] . Hence the definitions with which each science is prefaced pro- vide the means to acquire ...
Page 100
... kind . But even without imagining more of its kind ever being built we can think or speak of the kind of clock of which the one in Strasbourg was the only one . We could , that is to say , speak of ' Strasbourg - type clocks ' . We ...
... kind . But even without imagining more of its kind ever being built we can think or speak of the kind of clock of which the one in Strasbourg was the only one . We could , that is to say , speak of ' Strasbourg - type clocks ' . We ...
Page 129
... kind of thing , what we mean by the name of that kind , is in fact an idea of the real essence of that kind . Our ideas of substances are inadequate and confined to some few of their observable characteristics and properties . We are ...
... kind of thing , what we mean by the name of that kind , is in fact an idea of the real essence of that kind . Our ideas of substances are inadequate and confined to some few of their observable characteristics and properties . We are ...
Contents
Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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accidental form accidents active power angles answer argument Aristotelian Aristotle body Book Boyle Boyle's Cartesian certainty clear colour complex idea concern corpuscles corpuscularian definition demonstration derived Descartes discussion distinction doctrine of innateness Essay example existence explain extent of knowledge fact Glanvill gold idea of active innate ideas intellectual intuitive intuitive knowledge John Locke Joseph Glanvill ledge Leibniz Locke says Locke's Malebranche malleability materials of knowledge matter means mechanical philosophy mind morality motion natural philosophy necessary connexion nominal essence objects obvious opinion particular passages perception Pierre Gassendi primary qualities principles privative causes properties propositions question real and nominal real essence reason refers rejection relation revelation Robert Boyle Royal Society scepticism Scholastic Scholasticism secondary qualities self-evident sensation sense seventeenth century simple ideas soul species Strasbourg cathedral Strasbourg-type clock substance-ideas substantial form suggestion supposed syllogism syllogistic things thought tion triangle truth understanding universal words