Am a great fan of this version of Descartes words, "I think, therefor there are thoughts.".
If everything is connected and in a relationship with everything else, how can there be a solitary one, other than the whole that encompasses everything else?
Thoughts seem to me to be real. It also seems to me that one comes across them somewhere between serendipity, chance, and having probed enough for one that is attracted to the quest to come to mind.
For me, at least while people live, thoughts do not die, they remain. The question still unknown to me is do they remain when mankind has become extinct, or are they there for the next form of intelligent life. Assuming of course that that describes us, other than in our hopes.
I had never considered that Descartes viewed the subject as separate. For him, they differ in substance, which has implications for the theory of knowledge. However, being different from other things does not mean being isolated. Discussions about Descartes are messy and not always honest. Nevertheless, the question Nietzsche posed is healthy, if not entirely correct. It pushes us to question our assumptions.
My knowledge of Descartes is limited to that one phrase, from which I formed my opinion, so you may well be correct, that the subject was not separate from the object, in the overall view.
Sometime back you had asked about Aliester Crowley, a good introduction with be his introduction to his Book 4, there is no book 1, 2 or 3. My hesitation with recommending him is that he is quite open into what may or may not be possible with Magick. Have had friends who have abused it for their own welfare or desire and the result is not particularly pleasant. It is a reasonable start.
Am a great fan of this version of Descartes words, "I think, therefor there are thoughts.".
If everything is connected and in a relationship with everything else, how can there be a solitary one, other than the whole that encompasses everything else?
Thoughts seem to me to be real. It also seems to me that one comes across them somewhere between serendipity, chance, and having probed enough for one that is attracted to the quest to come to mind.
For me, at least while people live, thoughts do not die, they remain. The question still unknown to me is do they remain when mankind has become extinct, or are they there for the next form of intelligent life. Assuming of course that that describes us, other than in our hopes.
I had never considered that Descartes viewed the subject as separate. For him, they differ in substance, which has implications for the theory of knowledge. However, being different from other things does not mean being isolated. Discussions about Descartes are messy and not always honest. Nevertheless, the question Nietzsche posed is healthy, if not entirely correct. It pushes us to question our assumptions.
My knowledge of Descartes is limited to that one phrase, from which I formed my opinion, so you may well be correct, that the subject was not separate from the object, in the overall view.
Sometime back you had asked about Aliester Crowley, a good introduction with be his introduction to his Book 4, there is no book 1, 2 or 3. My hesitation with recommending him is that he is quite open into what may or may not be possible with Magick. Have had friends who have abused it for their own welfare or desire and the result is not particularly pleasant. It is a reasonable start.