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I am indeed amazed when I consider how
weak my mind is, and how prone to error.
Nonduality is complete and utter bullshit; totally ridiculous, too stupid for words. Distilled to essence, it alleges that reality is not real; that the universe we all live in does not exist, and neither do we. How much more preposterous can we get? Of all possible philosophies, cosmologies and worldviews, none could possibly be more idiotic than nonduality.
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Dubium sapientiae initium.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist often called the “father of modern philosophy.” He’s best known for his method of radical doubt: he questioned everything that could possibly be doubted in order to find something absolutely certain. This led to his famous conclusion, “I think, therefore I am” (cogito, ergo sum), the idea that the very act of thinking proves one’s existence.
Descartes also argued for mind-body dualism, the view that the mind (a non-physical thinking substance), is fundamentally different from the body (a non-thinking physical substance). This split shaped centuries of debate in philosophy and science.
Descartes tried to rebuild knowledge from absolute certainty, and in doing so, he reshaped philosophy, science, and mathematics in a lasting way.