Treatise on the Human Mind (1664)
Descartes' philosophy represented one of the most explicit statements of mind-body dualism in the history of philosophy. Its most familiar expression is found in the Meditations (1641) and in Part I of The Principles 0/ Philosophy (1644). However neither
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ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
153 LOUIS DE LA FORGE
TREATISE ON THE HUMAN MIND (1664) Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by
DESMOND M. CLARKE
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LOUIS DE LA FORGE
TREATISEON THE HUMAN MIND (1664) Translated with an Introduction and Notes by
DES MOND M. CLARKE University College, Cork, Ireland
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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Contents Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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Note on the Text and Translation ................................ ix Abbreviations ............................................. xi Introduction ............................................. xiii A TREATISE ON THE HUMAN MIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Dedication ............................................... 3 Preface .................................................. 5 Chapter 1:
Plan and Division of the Treatise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33
Chapter 2:
The Nature of the Human Mind, and that it is Easier to Know than the Body .................................. 35
Chapter 3:
Everything which Thinks is Immaterial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 38
Chapter 4:
Proof of the Same Thesis, against those who Admit both Bodily and Spiritual Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43
Chapter 5:
Another Proof, against those who Admit only Bodily Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
