Rene Descartes - Part 2: The One Thing You Cannot Doubt

Strip everything away—your senses, your memories, even the feeling of your own body. What, if anything, is left? René Descartes put the entire world on trial and found only one thing the courtroom of doubt could not sweep aside.This is the heart of Descartes’s revolution. He didn’t just question his senses or inherited beliefs. He suspended trust in everything, to see what—if anything—remained unshakable. In sixteen forty-one, he published the Meditations on First Philosophy, a book that asked not what is true, but what cannot possibly be false.Learn more at: https://thephilosophyarchive.com/philosophy/rene-descartesThe Philosophy Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to exploring the great ideas and thinkers that shaped how we think.Support the podcast and access exclusive content on Patreon:https://thearchivenetwork.com/supportDiscover more archives and stories:https://thearchivenetwork.comExplore this archive:https://thephilosophyarchive.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.