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Name one thing Descartes was wrong about.

>> No.8962811

>>8962800
He just assumed a benevolent God would not allow a devil to manipulate his senses and let him see an illusory world.

Cf. here Gurdjieff's notion of the kundabuffer and Philip K. Dick's fiction (especially his later one) and Exegesis

>> No.8962817

He thought vision worked like a projector and not a CRT monitor

>> No.8962825

>>8962800
>Cogito Ergo Sum

There is no self, no reality, and conscious is more than thinking and realizing

>> No.8962826

He believed in a permanent self.

>> No.8962828

He thought the pineal gland was the seat of the soul

>> No.8962848

>>8962828
It is.

>> No.8962854

>>8962825
i require proofs.

>> No.8962861

>>8962848
>The soul exists

>> No.8962875

>>8962848
Naw, the soul is in the amygdala fa sho

>> No.8962880

>>8962800
>>8962854
>I think, therefore I am
>I think
How does he know that he thinks? The conscious is comprised of ever changing conditions made up of matter, perception, sensation, and mind. The conditions are always in flux. A is not equal to A and nothing is the same from one moment to the next.
>therefore I am
He is what? There is no "self", no "I," and no constant state of "am" or "being." There is no reality. Reality is just a perception. Reality stemming from real, which steams from realis and rea before that meaning "thing" before later meaning "real thing" or "real property." Something tangible. Is reality tangible? Reality is not a natural word but has become a construct of our imagination and perception. Everything is always in a constant state of flux and perception and conscious are ever changing. It was a completely misguided and misunderstood phrase that began being circle jerked by pseuds and treated as if profound. There is no soul. There is no constant state of being.

If I cease to think, even momentarily, am I "no longer" in his most basic premise?

>> No.8962893

>>8962880
>If I cease to think, even momentarily, am I "no longer" in his most basic premise?
I love this question, it made the rest of the somewhat overly edgy post worth it. This is pretty Heraclitean/Buddhist, I like it. You should read Gurdjieff, my friend, I think you'd like it.

>> No.8962914

>>8962848
I'm beginning to believe that it's located in the genitalia. Every time I discharge my inklings the more hollow I become.