tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659111.post2089026178759595586..comments2023-05-15T02:41:36.030-05:00Comments on Classic Catholic: The insidious snares of the DevilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659111.post-24597850832641732102007-11-14T10:35:00.000-06:002007-11-14T10:35:00.000-06:00Yeah, but Descartes did not find such a supreme be...Yeah, but Descartes did not find such a supreme being very interesting. He was a kind of practical positivist, like a practical atheist who, though not denying God, acts as if He doesn't exist. Algebraic geometry was much more interesting to Descartes.Robert Gotcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875252641583849137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659111.post-71553994567731845352007-11-13T10:21:00.000-06:002007-11-13T10:21:00.000-06:00Good post Robert. I would say this philosophy is ...Good post Robert. I would say this philosophy is based even more in positivism and empiricism, since Descartes thought that we had clear and distinct ideas of a supreme Being. The philosophy you expose here is simply what Dewey's pragmatism is all about, "the real is the mundane and the mundane is the real."Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12402421489693903192noreply@blogger.com