René Descartes starts the construction of his philosophic system by doubting all that he can in order to find a necessary truth that he can use as a foundation upon which to build. He finds it in the discovery of self-existence: “ego cogito, ergo sum” (I am thinking, therefore I exist). Yet on this point, Aristotle had once remarked: “We must consider why mind does not always think.” (“On Soul”, Book III, 430a[9-10]) What then are we to make of our self-existence, if it is based upon our being thinking beings? Are we not when we are not thinking?
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02. Part One
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Can Reason entertain a reality different than that of the Materialism that pervades our thought today? Are we wrong about the form of the world that we are experiencing?
