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Date: 1648
"Thus all common notions which are engraved in the mind have their origin in observation of things or in verbal instruction."
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
Date: 1648
"Thus a man who is dressed can be regarded as a compound of a man and clothes. But with respect to the man, his being dressed is merely a mode, although clothes are substances. In the same way, in the case of a man, who is composed of a soul and a body, our author might be regarding the body as t...
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
