tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post2365602313131131482..comments2023-11-02T02:14:31.901-06:00Comments on ReadMoreWriteMoreThinkMoreBeMore: Poor DescartesDoctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-70033777365449918372009-07-07T12:04:19.880-05:002009-07-07T12:04:19.880-05:00so happy you are back!so happy you are back!petyahttp://howtomarryabulgarian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-73490069385013494362009-07-06T15:14:18.223-05:002009-07-06T15:14:18.223-05:00I always teach that letter, because I find it so a...I always teach that letter, because I find it so at odds with the rest of the Meditations. The purpose in the Letter is theological/political, whereas the purpose of the Meditations (Med. 1) seems merely epistemological/scientific. <br /><br />But I don't know, because I dont' know enough about Descartes, possibly, if I think that his final comment is so belabored as you put it. I tend to think he knows the challenges laying before him, particularly the problem of ridding oneself of certain prejudices, and his plea is a kind of naive and honest request for patronage. <br /><br />At any rate, I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves reading that letter (particularly the first page of it, that is).Not Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273786971120329655noreply@blogger.com