meditation 2

meditation 2

1. Meditations on First Philosophy

   • Meditation #2 "The nature of the human mind, and how it is better known than the body
     • "I think, therefore I am"
       • Impossible to doubt that I am thinking
         • Whenever I think
           • I must exist
         • Doubting is also a thinking process
     • What am I ?
       • "I am a thinking thing"
         • I
           • have
             • -arms -face -hands
               • body
                 • It can be perceived
                 • shape, position, space
           • do
             • -eat. -drink. -perceive -move
               • THINK
                 • done by the soul=mind
                   • similar to wind or fire
       • am I a man?
         • What is a man?
           • A rational animal?
             • NO
     • Wax Argument
       • Wax
         • Perceived by the senses
           • -SIght -smell -touch -hearing -taste
             • Hard, tastes like honey, scent of flowers, cold
               • BUT
                 • when put near fire
                   • Physical characteristics change
                     • Hence
                       • My senses deceive me once again
                     • Still the same wax
                       • What is it then?
                         • Extended, flexible and changeable body
                           • Not my imagination
                           • Perceived by the mind alone
                           • Many figures, shapes and lengths