tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post6953032947905943313..comments2023-10-22T04:50:28.588-07:00Comments on Life's Private Book: The Singularity of the Cartesian EgoDavid T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828502773466162990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post-47674430844396450612010-04-17T10:13:32.686-07:002010-04-17T10:13:32.686-07:00Pope Benedict addresses Descarte in his book "...Pope Benedict addresses Descarte in his book "Introduction to Christianity". Benedict says "..just as self love is not the primordial form of love but at the most a derivative of it...so, too, human knowledge is only reality when it is being known...from another". He quotes philosopher Franz von Baader in saying "That is why Baader changed "I think, therefore I am" to "I am thought, therefore I am"". Thus, "Only from man's being known can his knowledge and he himself be understood".Kevnoreply@blogger.com