Events Tagged: "Descartes"

Rosicrucian panic/enthusiasm across Europe (1617-1620) - Over 200 pamphlets published - Descartes searches for Rosicrucians in Germany

Descartes's three dreams - 'Evil Genius' night near Ulm - 'I was filled with enthusiasm and discovered foundations of wonderful science' - Creates mechanical physics from mystical vision

Rosicrucian scare in Paris - Posters announce invisible brethren in city - Panic ensues - Descartes publicly shows himself to prove he's not invisible

Descartes's 'Discourse on Method' - 'Cogito ergo sum' - individual consciousness as foundation - Animals as automata with no souls - 'Give me matter and motion, and I will construct the world'

Descartes's 'Meditations' - 'Evil genius supremely powerful and clever' deceiving me - Must prove God to guarantee truth - Mind absolutely separate from body - Creates unsolvable interaction problem