Quote Originally Posted by ozme52
Lina, as a child or young adult, did you ever wonder if you and the world we live in was an illusion... not real, perhaps even the dream of a higher being and we're all just characters in the dream? How do you prove it one way or the other. Descarte boiled it down into one simple statement. I don't know if he was brilliant or an idiot, but at the least, he had one moment of brilliant clarity. Good enough for me.
Interesting precept...I am actualy rather fond of saying that we are the cosmic equivalent of "friends". I joke that God/Alah/Budda/whatever gets bored and decides to just tune in and go "hmmmm how can i make them do something entertaining today?" I know what Descartes was saying...I just think he oversimplified it to the point that a very briliant insite lost it's potency...just my two cents...and i doubt it is worth even that much