Merle,
Thanks; it's interesting. It's good to have your response.
Is that what an awakened person would say?
It does not follow logically, but I'll let Edgar worry about that.
But it's not bad. We could as well say: "I am, therefore I ride my bicycle".
Descartes looked for what he could not DOUBT, and for what followed from the
fact that he was thinking. He always found himself thinking (because he set
himself to); from that he deduced that he exists.
(there may be more steps you're leaving out. Old Descartes would not settle
for it; I mean, as you notice, he did not; I don't say your saying should be
like his, though. I wonder what an awakened person would say instead of what
Descartes said, to your mind).
TNX again for weighing in with the Group mind. Teach me some more.
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> here is one from me:
>
> "i am therefore i think"
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