René Descartes This quote highlights the philosophical concept of self-awareness and the exploration of one’s own existence. It raises the question of what it truly means to be conscious and self-aware. The quote suggests that while we may have a sense of our own existence, there is a de...
The main feature of Descartes’s philosophy is the dualism of soul and body—of thinking substance and extended substance. In identifying matter with extension, Descartes considers it not so much as physical substance but rather as stereometric space. In contrast to the medieval concept of a fini...
It is interesting to read Pascal's criticism of this foundation for God as the first cause of matter's motion.I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion; ...
SELECTIONS FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY OF RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650) TRANSLATED BY JOHN VEITCH, LL. D. LATE PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW From the Publisher’s Preface. The present volume contains a reprint of the preface and the first part of the Principl...
A human being's style of action is the self the human being," saysaFrench philosopher. legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk 人的作風便是人的本身,這是一位法國 哲學家說的。 legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk Animals, accordingtoDescartes,were insensible ...
I found myself using René in one of two fundamental ways. Firstly, as a simple sequencer. It is quick and easy to get straightforward sequences from the X and Y channels, perhaps using the Access, Gate and Quant functions to add finesse. You get predictable outputs and you can dial in...