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Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part One)

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The Impersonality of Descartes' Method

The method is also there's something impersonal about it. So it's hard not to think about the stuff with equations later on which is reminiscent of what goes on in his geometry. And it makes me feel like maybe the finding out is better than investigating because that's just how pretentious Descartes is. Like he thinks that you're actually going to use his method to find out whatever can be found out. Whatever is within his capacity is what you just said. All that does not surpass his powers is what my translation says.

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