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1) what did cube and square roots do to u my guy,,,
2) what did arithmeticians do to u !!!!!

descartes said to think on paper 🗣️🗣️🗣️

omg its these damn shapes that made me wanna read this book in the first place LOL

"Therefore, we propose to consider the following three ways of speaking: 'extension occupies a place', 'a body has extension', and 'extension is not a body'."

this part is actually p interesting but i am so fuckin lost in the sauce w this writing lol

"... the learned often use such sharp distinctions that they dissipate the natural light of reason and discover obscurities in things that even peasants know..."

me getting thru the last of this book rn lowkey (wallowing in obscurity)

"By wandering about in the empty space of many causes, they hope to find by chance something novel."

girl that's me rn wtf

"... often those who are educated are used to being so clever that they find a way if blinding themselves even about the things that are self-evident and are never unknown to the uneducated."

1) the way that this is the most coherent thing he's said in a while
2) real
3) kinda wish this book was just him spilling tea tbh...

shoutout to the footnote here cuz lord knows i am not following his rambly ass atp.. forgot what the first qn even was lol

feeling very much the "sluggishness of one's intelligence" rn the way i am completely not comprehending this rule

"I confess that I was born with an intelligence such that my greatest pleasure in studying has always been... in discovering the same reasoning [of others] by my own efforts."

oh descartes u would hate ai 💔