The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Descartes on the Point of His Whole Project
"I had always had an extreme desire to learn to distinguish true from false in order to see clearly into my own actions and proceed with confidence in this life." ~Rene Descartes, The Philosophical Writings I, trans. John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff and Dugald Murdoch (Cambridge, 1985), p. 115.
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