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... perfect Being . On the one hand , this idea implies the existence of its object ; and , on the other , the idea of ... perfect which could ex . ist . God , contemplating all possible worlds , could not have wished to realize a less ...
... perfect Being . On the one hand , this idea implies the existence of its object ; and , on the other , the idea of ... perfect which could ex . ist . God , contemplating all possible worlds , could not have wished to realize a less ...
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as perfect as it could be ; it would not have been worthy of God , since God cannot prefer the less perfect to the more perfect . From his theory of ideas and sentiments he con- cluded that the propensity which inclines men to look ...
as perfect as it could be ; it would not have been worthy of God , since God cannot prefer the less perfect to the more perfect . From his theory of ideas and sentiments he con- cluded that the propensity which inclines men to look ...
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... perfect to the most perfect world . We pass to the relations of creatures to each oth- er . The Cartesian philosophy had been led to the system of occasional causes by the impossibility of conceiving that the extended substance could ...
... perfect to the most perfect world . We pass to the relations of creatures to each oth- er . The Cartesian philosophy had been led to the system of occasional causes by the impossibility of conceiving that the extended substance could ...
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