Saturday, November 8, 2008
Devotion
I think if one was to devote themselves to an idea and try to reach a goal, they can accomplish that with whatever means necessary by keeping in mind that they are human and they have limits. From my understanding Descartes did this. He restarted his life following his principles. If he did not have pervious experience relating to life, how was he suppose to come up his theories?
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I don't think he's "restarting" his life but merely bettering the rest of his days. "it is not sufficient to have made these observations; care must be taken likewise to keep them in rememberance." (4) He accepts the fact that he has had experiences in which he acted on false beliefs or opinions.
But like you, i'm still baffled as to how any one can build new opinions and beliefs without the knowledge from their senses.
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