DESCARTES, DISCOURSE ON METHOD 1637 IN FRENCH
OPTICS, METEORS, ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
1 SKEPTICISM AS A METHOD OF CERTAINTY
2 RULES OF METHOD
- ONLY ACCEPT CLEAR + DISTINCT IDEAS
- MAXIMUM DIVISION OF PARTS (ANALYSIS)
- SIMPLEST TO MOST COMPLEX
- COMPLETE ENUMERATIONS
3 MORALS + MAXIMS WHILE CONDUCTING METHOD
MODERATION, NEVER QUESTION FAITH
GALILEO TO BE AVOIDED
HELIOCENTRISM CONDEMNED
4 PROOF OF SELF, GOD, REASON -> FINITE FALLIBLE IMPERFECT
JE PENSE DONC JE SUIS NON VACUOUS CONTRAST
I THINK THEREFORE I AM
D. -> GOD -> GUARANTEES REASON/MATH -> PHYSICS -> DREAMS
IMPERFECT MIND CANNOT INVENT A PERFECT GOD
5 SHEEP AS SOFT MACHINES
NO SOUL, JUST BODY
PROOF OF SOUL IS LOGOS, ABILITY TO FORM NEW SENTENCES
?HOW DO MIND/BODY CONNECT DUALISM
6 THREE YEARS AGO HE FINISHED THE WORLD BUT GALLILEOS FATE MADE HIM HOLD IT BACK
BEING + TARZAN TALK
DESCARTES HAS NOT FOUND THE FOUNDATION OF REALTIY
HE HAS FOUND THE FOUNDATIONS OF FRENCH
IN FRENCH, YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF
WITHOUT USING A “BEING” VERB
TARZAN COMMUNICATES JUST FINE WITHOUT “BEING”
“ME, TARZAN”