Descartes, are you there?
“To be, or not to be.” That certainly isn’t necessarily the question but is a question when it comes to Descartes. Does Descartes exist? In theory he should, right? Descartes prided himself on the belief that you should challenge anything and doubt everything that exists in your world. Now I can ramble on about Descartes beliefs about existence, but wouldn’t that contradict the topic of this paper? If he didn’t exist, his beliefs wouldn’t either. I should theoretically get a passing grade by stating “Descartes who?” and end it at that; but for the sake of satisfaction for the reader and my grade point average, this paper will go on.
If one must doubt the existence of anything, one must first doubt themselves and their purpose in the universe. “I am a thinking thing-a thing that doubts, affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, wills, and refuses (Descartes).” Descartes just stated his duty to the world,......
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