검색어: rené descartes (타갈로그어 - 영어)

rené descartes
descartes

rene descartes, one of the modern philosophers of our time, influenced much of mankind’s thinking with his theory of duality or understanding the nature of things in a simple, dual mode. hence, you are familiar with the separation of body and spirit in western religion, and of the mind and body in the study of human sciences. people perceive things as dual in character. western philosophy’s early understanding of duality is one that regards opposites as rigidly the negation of the other, like black and white, good or bad, life or death, mind and body. for example, for along time, medicine saw the body as separated from the mind, and doctors then only treated physical ailments as such. today, a person who is phisically sick may also receiving psychological theraphy. eastern thought differs in their understanding of duality. to the eastern mind, duality is a continuous and dynamic movement of these opposing forces, like the yin-yang symbol where each of the elements are in balanced state, coexist with each other, and can change and transmute each other. for example, when they see a person as bad, there is also a good side to the person, and there is a possibility this person can change to someone better.
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