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what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...
Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...
at stress and productivity specifically will draw on the other relayed information. II. What is Stress? According to the Tex...
A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...
that there are some tips toward combating stress and its effect on the human body. Taking time out each day to perform stress-bust...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...
is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
acknowledges that this is somewhat of a surprise, given that, since the 17th century, mysticism, science and healing have gone in ...
leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
the most effective means of treatment. Stress is, in fact, a reaction; not the event or situation which causes the reaction (DeFr...
According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...