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Full Idea
I myself could be the author of all these self-delusions.
Gist of Idea
I myself could be the author of all these self-delusions
Source
René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §2.24)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.103
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| 6932 | Ideas arise through communication, and reason is reached through community [Feuerbach] |
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| 2777 | Extreme solipsism only concerns current experience, but it might include past and future [Dancy,J] |
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