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richardpapensympathiser's review against another edition
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.75
lupetuple's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
1.5
Are all Western philosophers pompous as a rule? Funny that Descartes refuses to question noble presuppositions on the nature of God, but will go about asserting that bodies are essentially ignorant because they attribute the same sensations to what may belong to different causes, like pain. Plural beings will have a lot to say about his conclusion that mind is "indivisible", as well. And how are "pure mathematics" the thing of truth, when such things are also abstractions that humans have imposed on the world around us, to make sense of celestial bodies, forces which may not even "exist" as we deem them?
While "body as machine" may be seen as insult, it only fuels my cyborg manifestations...
The final line damns this stage of capitalism and of course, I had to make note of this in my copy: "But because the need to get things done does not always permit us the leisure for such a careful inquiry, we must confess that the life of man is apt to commit errors regarding particular things, and we must acknowledge the infirmity of our nature." Marx wants to have tea with you, Mr. Descartes.
While "body as machine" may be seen as insult, it only fuels my cyborg manifestations...
The final line damns this stage of capitalism and of course, I had to make note of this in my copy: "But because the need to get things done does not always permit us the leisure for such a careful inquiry, we must confess that the life of man is apt to commit errors regarding particular things, and we must acknowledge the infirmity of our nature." Marx wants to have tea with you, Mr. Descartes.
4lbxrtoii's review against another edition
4.0
ah yes if it isn't the father of skepticism himself !?
mates's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.0
I really liked this. The 3rd meditation was really eye-opening in a sense