Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Discourse Part 1
In Part 1 of Descartes' Discourse I think the main point he is trying to make is that every person has good sense, but not all know how to use it well. You can use up all your time studying and learning everything you possible think you should, but you end up still lacking a lot in life. You need experience and abstract thinking for yourself in order to make true progress and developments.
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I agree with you that everyone has a good sense, but not everyone uses it. In order to use your good sense you must apply it to a situation. If you learn something and study it but do not put it to use it is useless. For example, I think if you take a class and use your time to study and pass, but then you never use the information in your life it will become useless. You need to use the knowledge you know and use it in a way that is your own.
I see what your saying about taking a class and never using the information, but that happens all the time. If youre a math major, what good is western civilization doing for you? I don't think any good, buts its a requirement. Basically I think we waste a lot of time.
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