Since we talked the other day about how Descartes, by believing in God, is actually contradicting himself, is it possible for "God" to be perhaps Mother Nature. In part 5 he talks about how "God" creates chaos and imposes upon it, Laws, that shall govern the way everything works. Eventually the chaotic matter will sort itself out to how it is today. Perhaps what is included in that original chaos, isn't animals, but instead the very basic forms of life. And the laws are actually, say ... stuff like survival of the fittest, or the animals that deal with the selective pressures of the environment are the ones that shall live long enough to reproduce. Although I know about part 5 the best, other ideas in other parts could contradict what I am saying, however, it would be understandable for him to use "God" to explain mother nature just so he didn't piss anyone off at the church.
(I use mother nature for lack of a better word to describe just the basic principles of Evolution. But I think you get what I mean. I don't believe there is actually some woman out there controlling everything, like how people believed God did at that time.)
Friday, February 8, 2008
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