Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
If you think that Descartes was thinking and making up his own illogical rules you would be mistaken.
WHAT?! NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

I'm trying to prove that his system worked just as much as anyone else's- I am not saying anything about him making uo his own rules! If anything, I am trying to argue the exact opposite!

And yes, philosophy really contains a lot of boundless power, that is limited only by the knowledge of the man who is philosophising. But I can't understand why you think that I think that Descartes pulled all this stuff out of a hat. It's not wrong at all- it's just different.