it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." -Descartes
"I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am. (Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.)"
2006-06-24 06:35:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Strange that animals don't doubt their existence, and man has come short, isn't it?
2006-06-24 06:52:49 · update #1
How do you know that animals don't doubt their own existence?
2006-06-24 15:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by Chris M 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Who has time to be a real seeker of truth?
And doubt all things, as far as possible -
nobody can possible know all things.
Just to much out there.
You can doubt the truth as you know it - and
seek the true answer - that would make you a
seeker of Truth.
2006-06-24 13:44:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By Al-Asr (the time).
2 Verily! Man is in loss,
3 Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Maroof Ç¡ãæ©which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar Ç¡ã¤Ñ©which Allah has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allahs Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad, etc.).
2006-06-24 13:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by saleem k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reductio ad Descartes...
2006-06-24 13:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are afraid to think.
It makes them look stupid when they don't know.
"It takes a wise man to say you don't know," Drummond (Inherit the Wind)
2006-06-24 15:42:52 · answer #5 · answered by Starlight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think False.
2006-06-24 13:38:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋