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... active parts of Matter , and the great Instruments of Nature ' on which the qualities and operations of things depend [ IV.iii.25 ; also II.xxiii.10.f . , III.vi.9 , IV.iii.11 , 13 , 26 ] . The importance of this idea in Locke will ...
... active parts of Matter , and the great Instruments of Nature ' on which the qualities and operations of things depend [ IV.iii.25 ; also II.xxiii.10.f . , III.vi.9 , IV.iii.11 , 13 , 26 ] . The importance of this idea in Locke will ...
Page 173
... idea of active power from observation of colliding bodies we still would not find the communication or transfer of motion intelligible . The fact that observation of colliding bodies provides us only with an obscure idea of active power ...
... idea of active power from observation of colliding bodies we still would not find the communication or transfer of motion intelligible . The fact that observation of colliding bodies provides us only with an obscure idea of active power ...
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... Active Power and the Obscure Idea of Active Power from Bodies ' , Studies in History and Philosophy of Science , 11 ( 1980 ) . 3 R.McRae , ' Descartes ' Definition of Thought ' , Cartesian Studies . ed . R.J. Butler ( Blackwell , Oxford ...
... Active Power and the Obscure Idea of Active Power from Bodies ' , Studies in History and Philosophy of Science , 11 ( 1980 ) . 3 R.McRae , ' Descartes ' Definition of Thought ' , Cartesian Studies . ed . R.J. Butler ( Blackwell , Oxford ...
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