(The original, much longer, version of this post first appeared on luckyottershaven.com a couple of weeks ago. My heartfelt thanks to Lauren for publishing it.) René Descartes is regarded by many as the father of modern western philosophy. For most of us, he boils down to a single, famous phrase: Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I […]

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