Saturday, February 9, 2008
Discourse PArt 5
On page 23, Discartes says "certain laws that God has so established in nature, and of which he has impressed in our souls such notions, that, after having reflected sufficiently on these matters, we cannot doubt that are stictly adhered to in everything that exists or occurs in the world." I think that this is a great opening to such deep concepts in which after this statement he further goes into. It amazes me how Descartes puts his words in such a way that means such a particular thing, but can still vary so much. What I believe he is really trying to prove is life, and why it is the way it is, why we do the things we do, why we know the things we know. There is no doubt to these set laws, nothing will ever change these things, nor will anyone ever attempt to. It is the way it is, and by "it" I mean life. God has set up these rules that we must play by, no if's and's or but's about it. No one would dare question them, it would be absurd. Its a natural knowledge that we, as humans are born with, and even animals, plants, our environment, all of these things that make up the world are on a set schedule of what to do and how to do it. Subtle things happen by themselves with no effort from the ones it happens to, like perhaps growing and how one grows, and what may grow and when. The clock always ticks forward and the rules remain the same with every tick. This will never be altered; the game rules are built inside us.
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I like how you ended this blog with saying "the game rules are built inside us." I didn't really know what he ment by the laws we follow, but you explained it with the things we do everyday like growing. It is like we follow these laws unconsciously. Nice job!
yeah, that was a thoughtful way to put it.
Yeah, I like the way you put this. It is like the things that we do not think about when we are doing them are things that are already prgrammed inside of us. Or like how you said how bones grow and we grow, it's just the way it is. Like the way God has made it set to be.
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