A Conversation for Why Do We Have Beliefs?
Cogito Ergo Sum
BluesSlider Started conversation Dec 19, 2003
'I think, therefore I am' but then he moved on to 'Sum Res Cogitans'...'I am a thinking being'. Through various arguments he concludes that he only exists as long as he is thinking leading to the immortal song lyric 'I wonder if Descartes knows he is dead'...perhaps I'd better stop thinking now and blink out of existence. Sorry 
. BTW, this article sent me down some great philosophical internet backwaters and brought back a lot of happy student memories. Thank you .
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Mrs Zen Posted Dec 19, 2003
Well, mine seem to include a fair amount of 
and rather too much 
and 
. Very little 
, to my shame.
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Mu Beta Posted Dec 19, 2003
That seems fairly standard. 
I'm in the weird interim between being a student and having a 'real job' right now. I went out clubbing this evening but didn't enjoy it. 
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Mrs Zen Posted Dec 19, 2003
"I went out clubbing this evening but didn't enjoy it."
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