Body That Resists Positioning eBook

Although Descartes has been hailed as the "Father of Modern Philosophy," there are a series of unanswered questions surrounding his thought, and people cannot even agree on the basic question of whether he was the founder of modern philosophy or the last medieval theologian. Based on the fundamental differences between the ancient and modern Western conceptions of the universe and the body, this book argues that Descartes' thought was revolutionary in that he identified human reason as the depictor of the cosmic order and thus deprived God of his position as the ruler of the universe. On the basis of this logical reasoning, and in conjunction with what the biographies reveal about Descartes' character, life story, and writing style, this book concludes that Descartes, who came to conclusions that were sufficiently destructive of the old world order, spent his life trying to disguise his true thoughts. After a multidimensional perspective and anatomical analysis of the First Philosophical Meditations, this book concludes, with rigorous reasoning and detailed material, that the reason for the logical confusion of the First Philosophical Meditations, a work that has been repeatedly attacked at the time and in subsequent generations, is that Descartes cunningly packaged a work intended to be the foundation of his new physics as a Christian apologetic.