| Introduction to Philosophy | Notes | This is not a substitute for coming to class - or for reading the material. | Richard Lee |
| Philosophy 2003 C 001 | Copyright © 2002, Richard Lee | Autumn 2002 | |
| "Sensible things cannot exist otherwise than in a mind or spirit." (P 169b) |
| Not all sensible things depend on me. |
| Therefore, some sensible things exist but not in my mind. |
| Therefore, there is some other mind (in which these sensible things exist). |
| The sensible world exists. |
| The sensible world does not exist (completely) in my mind. |
| Therefore, there is a mind, other than mine, an "infinite," "omnipresent" mind (or spirit), in which the sensible world exists. (P 169b) |
| And this we call "God." |