ISBN: 9780217587181

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 6; Original Publisher: The Roberts-Manchester publishing co.; Publication date: 1902; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; History / General; History / Historiography; History / World; History / Civilization; History / Essays; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient; Books ideas-that-have-influenced-civilization-in-the-original-documents~~Oliver-J-1857-1937-Thatcher General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BEGINNING OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY We Saw in the second volume of this series that Greek philosophy had a consecutive development starting with Thales and reaching its climax in Aristotle. Modern philosophy, beginning with Descartes, forms another connected story of the evolution of thought. The Greek philosophers attacked mainly the problem of what is the permanent reality in the universe: modern philosophy has begun to see that the problem of the true nature of the universe is bound up with the question of the real nature of the self. Descartes (1596-1650) tried to sweep away all uncertainties and start from one absolutely certain fact, "Cogito, ergo sum," as he expressed it,?"I think, and in so thinking I exist." Only what appealed to his mind as clearly as this prime truth was to be accepted as a fact. He believed in the existence of God because he thought there must exist some perfect, infinite Being which is the source of imperfect, finite man. He felt that he could trust his senses as to the material world because such a Being would not deceive. Therefore he accepted the existence of matter as a substance co-ordinate with mind, the essence of mind being thought, the essence of matter being extension, the source of both being God. Out of this conception of the duality of the universe, rose the question of how mind and matter can act on each other. Geulincx (1625-1669) denied the possibility of any interaction. He thought mind and matter to be like two clocks that run in harmony, not because they interact, but because both are controlled by their maker. Thus Malebranche (1638-1715) declared that "we see all chapter{Section 4THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS Jiy Correggio, ANTONIO ALLEGRI (CORREGGIO) was lorn at Correggio, near Parma, in 1494. He takes the name ...<

ISBN: 9780217587181

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 6; Original Publisher: The Roberts-Manchester publishing The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 6; Original Publisher: The Roberts-Manchester publishing co.; Publication date: 1902; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; History / General; History / Historiography; History / World; History / Civilization; History / Essays; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient; Books, , ideas-that-have-influenced-civilization-in-the-original-documents~~Oliver-J-1857-1937-Thatcher, 999999999, The Ideas That Have Influenced Civilization, In The Original Documents (Volume 6), Oliver Joseph Thatcher, 0217587186, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 0217587186

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ISBN: 0217587186

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