(June 1, 2010 at 7:04 pm)Saerules Wrote:Caecillian Wrote:That, at least, is what Descartes thought. IIrc, Kirkegaard argued that the whole exercise presupposed the 'I', thus presupposed that 'I' existed, and was therefore logically trivial. It doesn't confirm anything- it just says that if you exist then you exist.
So the guy is saying about the same thing I'm saying? How weird... and here I thought my criticisms were unique
Nah, its not weird at all. Great minds think alike.
Or maybe Kirkegaard just ripped off your ideas.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche