Poor Descartes ;-) ! There is another good use of his famous "dictum" in French (calm down, you don't need graduating in French to get it ;-). Instead of the standard "Je pense donc je suis" it says "Je dépense donc elle me suit" Another aspect of the reality of human existence, isn't it ?
Best, ;-))) Jean-Marie ================================= == En réponse au message du 19-03-2012, 16:40:42 == >One more whack at the OT dead horse, this morsel is too rich to consume by >myself: > >"CARTESIAN, adg. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the >celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum- whereby he was pleased to suppose he >demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, >however, thus: Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum- "I think that I think, >therefore I think that I am"; as close an approach to certainty as any >philosopher has yet made." > >From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce > >Dan > > >On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Arto Wikla wrote: > >> Dear lutenists, >> >> after having read every now and then some quite strong opinions "how it >> really is" here in our List, I cannot resist posting a perhaps slightly OT >> message, but there is a great wisdom in a comment by Charles Bukowski: >> >> "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of >> doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence." >> >> Actually that is very pessimistic, but anyhow >> all the best, >> Arto > > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html ========================================
