Natural Right and Political Right: Essays in Honor of Harry V. JaffaThomas B. Silver, Peter W. Schramm |
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... ideas only ; in fact , it rests upon it . The mind can have perfect knowledge of its own ideas because those ideas are wholly or almost wholly " self - contained " : they do not exist inde- pendently of the mind . There can , as a ...
... ideas only ; in fact , it rests upon it . The mind can have perfect knowledge of its own ideas because those ideas are wholly or almost wholly " self - contained " : they do not exist inde- pendently of the mind . There can , as a ...
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... ideas into " simple " and " complex " ones . Complex ideas are made of simple ones , and simple ones can be known . Simple ideas reflect " the natural and regular productions of things without us , really operating upon us ” ( IV 4.4 ) ...
... ideas into " simple " and " complex " ones . Complex ideas are made of simple ones , and simple ones can be known . Simple ideas reflect " the natural and regular productions of things without us , really operating upon us ” ( IV 4.4 ) ...
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... ideas can reflect no more than the data given by the senses , while a conception of human nature useful for ... ideas we have in our minds " ( III 3.13 ; cf. III 6.37 ) . Man can have but an imperfect idea of the natures of things ; in ...
... ideas can reflect no more than the data given by the senses , while a conception of human nature useful for ... ideas we have in our minds " ( III 3.13 ; cf. III 6.37 ) . Man can have but an imperfect idea of the natures of things ; in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Dante and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy | 9 |
Jefferson and the Practice of Empire | 27 |
Copyright | |
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