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... cause of ideas ; the atten- tion of man is the occasional cause . It follows , in the third place , that progress in knowledge depends upon the strength of attention ; and , as this power is limited , as well as the capacity of the soul ...
... cause of ideas ; the atten- tion of man is the occasional cause . It follows , in the third place , that progress in knowledge depends upon the strength of attention ; and , as this power is limited , as well as the capacity of the soul ...
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... cause , a power , a force . The internal causal energy of the will must not be confounded with any of its instruments or external manifestations . We do not find the primitive notion of cause in the action of the will on our nervous and ...
... cause , a power , a force . The internal causal energy of the will must not be confounded with any of its instruments or external manifestations . We do not find the primitive notion of cause in the action of the will on our nervous and ...
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... cause ; and our consciousness testifying that this cause is not the personal cause which the will repre- sents , it follows that the principle of causality con- ducts us to an impersonal cause , to an external cause : the aggregate of such ...
... cause ; and our consciousness testifying that this cause is not the personal cause which the will repre- sents , it follows that the principle of causality con- ducts us to an impersonal cause , to an external cause : the aggregate of such ...
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