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  • noun philosophy Something that is possible

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Examples

  • This definition of _infinite space_ is exactly that which Descartes gives us of _indefinite extension_, -- "Ita quia non possumus imaginari extensionem tam magnam, quin intelligamus adhuc majorem esse posse, dicemus magnitudinem rerum possibilium esse indefinitam." [

    The Philosophy of the Conditioned Henry Longueville Mansel 1845

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