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Descartes said "I think therefore I am" came to him while he was deployed in war
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Date: August 11th, 2026 6:57 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK in Germany in the early 1620s. He confessed it. He said he was sleeping in between battles when he had a dream (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892112&forum_id=2Reputation#50061923) |
Date: August 11th, 2026 7:00 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK In 1618 he joined the army of the Dutch commander, Maurice of Nassau and even long after leaving the military, he chose to reside in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His return to France in 1620 ended in 1623 with a pilgrimage to Italy, which Descartes undertook as thanks for a series of dreams (he interpreted these as divine revelations of his future path as a philosopher).
https://cambridgeblog.org/2010/01/descartes-dutch/ |