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... sense of the word cause , to say that the substance causes or determines itself ; and this is what Spinoza means when he speaks of natura naturans , Nature causing itself , or being a cause ; - in which sense , Na- ture is God , or , in ...
... sense of the word cause , to say that the substance causes or determines itself ; and this is what Spinoza means when he speaks of natura naturans , Nature causing itself , or being a cause ; - in which sense , Na- ture is God , or , in ...
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... sense . I am not able to form a conception how power , in the strict sense , can be ex- erted without will ; nor can there be will without some degree of understanding . Therefore , nothing can be an efficient cause , in the proper sense ...
... sense . I am not able to form a conception how power , in the strict sense , can be ex- erted without will ; nor can there be will without some degree of understanding . Therefore , nothing can be an efficient cause , in the proper sense ...
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... sense , and are afterwards suggested to the eye through the varieties of tint , of light and shade , with which they are found to be invariably associated . Then , as the education of the newly acquired sense was gradually perfected ...
... sense , and are afterwards suggested to the eye through the varieties of tint , of light and shade , with which they are found to be invariably associated . Then , as the education of the newly acquired sense was gradually perfected ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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