AHSS*1260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Ex Nihilo, Sophist
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Want to avoid two things: precipitate conclusions (hastiness) and preconceptions (categorizing something before you have good warrant to do so) . You do that by accepting things that are so clear and distinct that you have no occasion to doubt them. Distinct means so precise and different from all other objects the tit contains within itself nothing but what is clear: second use recommends analysis. Problems are typically complex, and an essential step in their solution is to break them into smaller problems. Second rule also follows first rule: third rule recognizes that items for consideration may be more or less simple. Recommends beginning with the simpler ones and proceeding to the more complex. First rule lets him wipe the slate clean - unless something was doubted. Why we make mistakes and how to avoid them: v. that material things might exist; and again, the god exists, that material things do exist and are distinct from souls.
