Before Descartes, people did not wonder whether they were dreaming.
@scottjshapiro Wow. Upon the initial read I thought, “how ludicrous and primitive… joking?” But after a few moment’s pondering I was left with the profundity of that statement.
@scottjshapiro I think Descartes is sort of the Elon Musk of college philosophy classes
@scottjshapiro I don’t believe that. There have always been people with awareness since time immemorial.
@scottjshapiro lack of coordinates, undoubtedly
@scottjshapiro my daughter is reading Descartes in French and it’s leading to confusing discussions.
@scottjshapiro This is why I avoid philosophy.
@scottjshapiro they also didn’t spend enough time on uniqueness, but he changed that by proving existence
@scottjshapiro Calderon, just 5 years earlier!