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From: rwahl@netcom.com (Robert Wahl)
Subject: Re: Please give me your opinion about doubts !?
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ruden@ug1.plk.af.mil (Edward Ruden) writes:
>Yes it is, and Descartes was able to do this for a short time.  However,
>he was not able to continue doubting his own existance because of
>his famous Cognito Ergo Sum argument:

>1. Premise: I do not exist.
>2. My definision of "I" is "that which thinks"
>3. To doubt is itself a thought.
>4. From 3, that which doubts thinks
>5. From 2, If that which thinks exists then "I" exist
>6. Therefore, 1. is false
[...]

Ironically, the Buddha came to the opposite conclusion because he realized
the fallacy of the second premise.
-- 
Robert Wahl	rwahl@netcom.com	Denver/Boulder, Colorado, USA

Standing by a stump, waiting for rabbits...
