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René Descartes
Meditations on First Philosophy

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1 Ded, 2 | a gift of God, the same Being who bestows grace to enable 2 Ded, 4 | is not indeed new (there being nothing older than truth), 3 Ded, 6 | received so great deference, it being the universal conviction 4 Pre, 1 | moment as to be worthy of being considered more than once, 5 Pre, 3 | essence consists only in its being a thing which thinks; so 6 Pre, 5 | strictures from a dread of being, in the first instance, 7 Syn, 2 | immortality of the soul is our being able to form the clearest 8 Syn, 3 | understand how the idea of a being absolutely perfect, which 9 Syn, 3 | representation in so many degrees of being and perfection] that it 10 I, 4 | body, and withal escape being classed with persons in 11 I, 10| deny the existence of a Being so powerful than to believe 12 I, 10| that the probability of my being so imperfect as to be the 13 I, 12| by means of which this being has laid snares for my credulity; 14 I, 12| assent to what is false, and being imposed upon by this deceiver, 15 II, 3 | there not a God, or some being, by whatever name I may 16 II, 3 | But why suppose such a being, for it may be I myself 17 II, 3 | there is I know not what being, who is possessed at once 18 II, 3 | be maintained, all things being maturely and carefully considered, 19 II, 6 | may so speak, malignant being, whose whole endeavors are 20 II, 6 | neither of walking nor of being nourished. Perception is 21 II, 7 | something more than a thinking being. Now it is plain I am not 22 II, 9 | it ? Am I not that very being who now doubts of almost 23 II, 9 | although he who gave me being employed all his ingenuity 24 II, 9 | am as certainly the same being who imagines; for although 25 II, 9 | In fine, I am the same being who perceives, that is, 26 II, 10| the consideration of its being and the properties it finds 27 II, 12| imagine that the piece of wax, being round, is capable of becoming 28 III, 1 | conscious ) thing, that is, a being who doubts, affirms, denies, 29 III, 4 | that I have never been, it being now true that I am, or make 30 III, 9 | convincing. When I speak of being taught by nature in this 31 III, 13| representation in higher degrees of being or perfection], than those 32 III, 16| besides myself some other being who exists as the cause 33 III, 16| the existence of any other being besides myself, for, after 34 III, 19| and heat are so far from being clear and distinct, that 35 III, 19| qualities: and since, ideas being as it were images there 36 III, 21| extended and unconscious, there being thus the greatest diversity 37 III, 21| since I am merely a thinking being; but because they are only 38 III, 23| substance, seeing I am a finite being, unless it were given me 39 III, 24| I possessed no idea of a being more perfect than myself, 40 III, 25| falsity. The idea, I say, of a being supremely perfect, and infinite, 41 III, 25| may imagine that such a being does not exist, we cannot, 42 III, 26| conscious that my knowledge is being increased and perfected] 43 III, 27| perceive that the objective being of an idea cannot be produced 44 III, 27| cannot be produced by a being that is merely potentially 45 III, 27| is nothing, but only by a being existing formally or actually. ~ 46 III, 28| relax, the vision of my mind being obscured, and, as it were, 47 III, 28| reason why the idea of a being more perfect than myself, 48 III, 28| necessity have proceeded from a being in reality more perfect. 49 III, 30| myself the author of my being, I should doubt of nothing, 50 III, 30| difficulty that I, a thinking being, should arise from nothing, 51 III, 32| I am dependent upon some being different from myself. ~ 52 III, 33| 33. But perhaps the being upon whom I am dependent 53 III, 33| it is likewise a thinking being, and that it possesses in 54 III, 35| exist together in a single being who is God; for, on the 55 III, 36| so far as I am a thinking being. All that, at the most, 56 III, 36| and possess the idea of a being absolutely perfect, that 57 III, 38| imperfect] and dependent being, and one who unceasingly 58 III, 38| in my mind -- that is, a being who possesses all those 59 III, 38| conception, without, however, being able fully to comprehend 60 IV, 1 | incomplete and dependent being, the idea of a complete 61 IV, 1 | complete and independent being, that is to say of God, 62 IV, 4 | positive idea of God, or of a being supremely perfect, but also, 63 IV, 4 | in so far as an absolute being is my creator; but that, 64 IV, 4 | am not myself the supreme Being, and as I am wanting in 65 IV, 4 | for this end, but that my being deceived arises from the 66 IV, 5 | that I should be capable of being deceived than that I should 67 IV, 8 | we are not conscious of being determined to a particular 68 IV, 8 | entirely free without ever being indifferent. ~ 69 IV, 10| so far as I am a thinking being, but there is likewise presented 70 IV, 15| without reference to any other being in the universe, I should 71 IV, 16| given me the perfection of being superior to error by the 72 IV, 16| conscious of the weakness of not being able to keep my mind continually 73 IV, 17| 17. And since it is in being superior to error that the 74 V, 6 | true is something, truth being identical with existence]; 75 V, 7 | consciousness, that is the idea of a being supremely perfect, than 76 V, 8 | conceive a God, that is, a being supremely perfect, to whom 77 V, 10| without existence, that is, a being supremely perfect, and yet 78 V, 11| admit that the rhombus, being a figure of four sides, 79 V, 11| of a first and sovereign being, and to draw, so to speak, 80 V, 11| this first and sovereign being; just as it is not necessary 81 V, 11| what figures are capable of being inscribed in the circle, 82 V, 11| I can conceive no other being, except God, to whose essence 83 V, 11| gods of this kind; and it being supposed that one such God 84 V, 12| easily then the fact of his being. For is there any truth 85 V, 12| the existence of a Supreme Being, or of God, seeing it is 86 V, 14| without at the same time being able to recall the grounds 87 V, 15| any of those things, and, being as yet ignorant of the rule 88 VI, 6 | which it was capable of being affected in diverse ways, 89 VI, 6 | to me without my consent being required, so that I could 90 VI, 7 | ignorant of the author of my being or at least supposed myself 91 VI, 8 | clearly the author of my being, I do not, indeed, think 92 VI, 9 | nature or essence beyond my being a thinking thing, I rightly 93 VI, 9 | essence consists only in my being a thinking thing or a substance 94 VI, 15| I properly understand by being taught by nature. For nature 95 VI, 15| I do not speak, the term being reserved exclusively to 96 VI, 15| God has given to me as a being composed of mind and body. 97 VI, 15| true account of the matter being merely that I have so judged 98 VI, 15| which it is a part, and being sufficiently clear and distinct 99 VI, 16| for surprise, since, man being of a finite nature, his 100 VI, 18| nature of man thus taken from being fallacious. ~ 101 VI, 23| as is usual, from drink being necessary for the health 102 VI, 24| advantage of the body, and being able almost always to make 103 VI, 24| object, and besides this, being able to use my memory in


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