"Thus all common notions which are engraved in the mind have their origin in observation of things or in verbal instruction."
— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Amsterdam
Publisher
Elzevir
Date
1648
Metaphor
"Thus all common notions which are engraved in the mind have their origin in observation of things or in verbal instruction."
Metaphor in Context
(12) The mind has no need of ideas, or notions, or axioms which are innate: its faculty of thinking is all it needs for performing its own acts.
(13) Thus all common notions which are engraved in the mind have their origin in observation of things or in verbal instruction.
(14) Even the idea of God which is implanted in the mind has its origin either in divine revelation, or in verbal instruction, or in observation of things.
(p. 295-6)
(13) Thus all common notions which are engraved in the mind have their origin in observation of things or in verbal instruction.
(14) Even the idea of God which is implanted in the mind has its origin either in divine revelation, or in verbal instruction, or in observation of things.
(p. 295-6)
Categories
Provenance
Past Masters
Citation
Descartes, René. The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. Trans. John Cottingham, Robert Stoothof, and Dugald Murdoch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Date of Entry
10/03/2003
Date of Review
06/10/2009
