René Descartes@literature.cafetoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Consciousness is the only thing in the universe that cannot be an illusion
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2 months agoNihil sub sole novum, as it says in the Bible.
(There is nothing new under the sun)
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Also, I am not a drunken fart.
Nihil sub sole novum, as it says in the Bible.
(There is nothing new under the sun)
A bit of the old on the internet no-one knows you’re a dog, I think. Therefore I am a webdev dog too.
How do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
It is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.
Reason is nothing without imagination, but imagination does not imply reason, it appears.