philosophy of good and evil
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What did formal education leave Descartes fealing? | Frustration. I had gained nothing...but increasing recogniton of my ignorance' and there was 'no such knowledge in the world as i has previously been led to hope for. |
| In part 3 he takes steps to ensure that his life can keep ticking over while his beliefs are suspended for? | Before starting to rebuild your house you must provide yourself with somewhere to live while building is in progress. |
| Cogito ergo sum | I think therfore I am. |
| What idea does Descartes observe? | That he has the idea of a perfect being, God, How did he get the ability to think such a thought? |
| What does Descartes reckon about this idea? | he reckons his idea of a perfect being cant come from him, but only from a being that is actually perfect. That idea in his mind is the signature left by his creator. |
| What doubts does Descartes raise about his own body? | His mind, soul, health, must be something else, distinct from his body, and capable of existing without it. The body is one thing, the mind another. The famous Cartesian. |
| Your senses | Since your senses have sometimes deceived you, consider the possibilty that they might deceive you at any time, or all the time, that they have no more status than a dream or hallucination. |
| What about the belief that you are now thinking? | Doubting whether you are thinking is another case of thinking-the doubt defeats itself. And if i am thinking, Descartes reflects, then i must exist. Cogito ergo sum. |
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