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... propositions seem obviously true and so receive immediate and universal assent : Seeing all Men , even Children , as soon as they hear and understand the Terms , assent to these Propositions , they think it sufficient to prove them ...
... propositions seem obviously true and so receive immediate and universal assent : Seeing all Men , even Children , as soon as they hear and understand the Terms , assent to these Propositions , they think it sufficient to prove them ...
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... propositions then , in consistency , one has to accept that all such propositions are innate . But there are , he says , many self - evident propositions which no one would want to say are innate . No one would want to say that the ...
... propositions then , in consistency , one has to accept that all such propositions are innate . But there are , he says , many self - evident propositions which no one would want to say are innate . No one would want to say that the ...
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... Propositions , with perfect certainty ; the one is of those trifling Propositions , which have a certainty in them , but ' tis a verbal Certainty , but not instructive . And , secondly , we can know the Truth , and so may be certain in ...
... Propositions , with perfect certainty ; the one is of those trifling Propositions , which have a certainty in them , but ' tis a verbal Certainty , but not instructive . And , secondly , we can know the Truth , and so may be certain in ...
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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