In otherwords. I know I exist because I think. But does it also follow that because I make up my own reality because of what I think? Or maybe I make up my own reality and I'm soveriegn over my own thoughts untill I'm met with another soveriegn entity( ie another person).
2006-09-18 05:56:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
" I make up my own reality and I'm soveriegn over my own thoughts untill I'm met with another soveriegn entity( ie another person) " has more true than the former sentence.
the quote "I think therefore I am" means our thought patterns affect our lives & moulds it. eg. people are bitter about the past , coz their thought are always in lingering on that hurt. some overcame cancer by citing them up mentally tt they can overcame it.
the sovereign entity 4 me is Jesus. His word (bible) is constantly changes my thinking, values & morals for the better.
2006-09-18 06:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That whole premise is flawed b/c it presupposes the "I", a better start is "There is thought" or "though exists".
I think the whole thing give humans too much power over reality. If you look at an animal walking around, do you think it makes up it'w own reality until it meets another animal? Why are humans so different from them?
I think your view of reality is subjective, but only to a certain extent. If we could see the world like a bee does or like a dolphin does, our world would be completely different.
2006-09-18 12:58:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Descartes penned what is so ever lovingly refered to as the Cogito: Cogito Ergo Sum (I think, therefore, I am).
It took three hundred years of waiting but...
Jean-Paul Sarte finally blew it out of the water.
That's right, philosophically, there is no way to prove your own existence let alone the world you observe. Your experience is an experience, not a proof.
2006-09-18 13:02:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to get acquainted with a philosophy 101 book.
2006-09-18 13:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. 'I think therefore I am' makes perfect sense, but 'I am therefore everything else is' is a load of bullshit. Why did you think that made sense?
2006-09-18 12:59:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have way too much time on your hands. Get out more.
2006-09-18 12:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by markobeast666 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess this is just way to deep for me.......
2006-09-18 13:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by Joy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋