no, i'm going the cartesian routeeverything about the sensory world being uncertain. if you eliminate everything that can be doubted, you're left with nothing, except that something must exist to do the doubting and eliminating, and that much is certain.
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bananaman,
Fri 23 May 2003, 23:51,
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that's aquinas, descartes just gave it a nice writeup :)you misquoted it to the point where it becomes meaningless. seem to have got it right there though
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spacefish bong!,
Fri 23 May 2003, 23:52,
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descartes ended up completely bonkers.he was living in another philosopher's shed wasn't he?
(it's been 12 years since I studied any philosophy... might be wrong...)
((it's been 12 years since I studied any philosophy... might be wrong...)
chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist,
Fri 23 May 2003, 23:56,
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he ended up deadsince the queen of sweden made him wake up at five in the morning, and he was a lazy get and it was cold in stockholm.
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Fri 23 May 2003, 23:58,
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that was after the shed thing......wasn't it?
She rode him hard, the bitch.
(She rode him hard, the bitch.
chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist,
Sat 24 May 2003, 0:06,
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