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did someone said D?

Can anyone on /lit/ give a good defense of Cartesian dualism?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/doree/books-you-need-to-read-in-your-20s

What say you, /lit/?

Were Rene Descatres and Immanuel Kant influenced by eastern religion and philosophy? My professor mentioned this is in lecture and I may write my term paper on it if this idea is true. But How were they influenced? And are there any free sources where I can find more on this topic?

Why do people get fixated on that one statement he made?
It was probably his least impressive contribution to science and philosophy. It was most likely the result of a desperate and hopeless attempt to resolve his existential crisis that Kierkegaard proved was a simply tautological.

What's the problem! The body is just like a well oiled machine! Input equals output! Take it apart, put it back together! Isolate a broken piece, replace it!

This Waiting for Godot play seems to be telling me to think post-me and see the human body as part of an ecological system that makes up a whole! FUCK THAT!