Descarte's dubitaire contains the decided statement
that only cogitare, thought, mind - is. A complete
break with "common" consciousness, which ascribes reality to
irrational things! Only the rational is, only mind is! This
is the principle of modern philosophy, the genuine Christian
principle. Descartes in his own time discriminated the body
sharply from the mind, and "the spirit 'tis that builds itself the
body," says Goethe.
Friday, July 11, 2008
The Ego And His Own - pg. 85
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