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Humanity's Overconfidence
- Humanity's past overconfidence in its knowledge led to a crisis of certainty.
- Descartes saw this and aimed to rebuild knowledge from sure foundations.
A Philosophical Divide
- Descartes's search for certain knowledge initiated a major philosophical divide.
- This divide is between Continental Rationalists and British Empiricists.
Lazy Thinking
- Descartes believed that 'thinking lazy' led to Europe's intellectual troubles.
- He advocated for establishing self-evident first principles through rigorous doubt.