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... Descartes - Meditation I Descartes' " general demolition of my opinions" is probably based upon some sort of realization that things are not comfortable or the way they ought t be. He seems to feel the need for not necessarily altering his opinions, but merely finding some truth and reasoning behind his opinions, simply proving them right or wrong based upon what he learns. "I realized that once in my life I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from original foundations, if iI wanted to establish anything firm and lasting in the sciences"(351). It comes across as maybe a turning point or midlife crisis for Descartes as he projects stating, ""The task seemed enormous, and I was waiting until I reached a point in my life that was so timely that no more suitable time for undertaking these plans of action would
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