“Insofar as” in Descartes’ Definition of Thought

Studia Leibnitiana 43 (2):145-159 (2011)
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In Principia Philosophiae I 9, Descartes defines “thought” as follows: “By the name ‘thought’ I understand all that which happens in us such that we are conscious of it, insofar as there is consciousness of it in us”. I inquire how to read the "insofar as" in this definition.

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