I think, therefore I am
Lesley Levene (2010)
The title takes after Descartes' famous saying 'I think, therefore, I am'. A person is a person, is alive because he can realise his existence, he can think. The same idea was proposed by the great Islamic physician and philosopher extraordinaire, Avicenna @ Ibn Sina. He floated the idea of a blindfolded 'flying man' who is suspended in mid-air. Despite not being in contact with his senses, Man is still aware that he exists even though his senses are numbed. That, in essence, means we exist, that we have a mind of our own!
Ever since Man started looking at the sky on a starry night after a hard day's work without much entertainment to idle the night away, he must have noticed the 'star' that he was at the previous night had changed location. He must have called his friend. Slowly, with their newly well-myelinated brain, propelled by their new diet of fat rich food of fish, they must have started putting on their thinking caps. Slowly, the endeavour to explain things around us must have evolved to meaning and purpose of life.
Everyone who came afterwards gave their two-cents' worth of opinion. Time went on. Soon these talks of trying to explain our being turned to how we should be living. The Maker, some say need to be feted while others maintained that His master plan would continue no matter how much we cajole Him not to.
This book gives an introductory review of thinkers from the time of Thales of the Pre-Socratic era all through to the modern times.
Unfortunately, what started as giving the man the faculty to think has, over the years, have evolved into an indoctrination tool to control the masses through their herd mentality.
Lesley Levene (2010)
The title takes after Descartes' famous saying 'I think, therefore, I am'. A person is a person, is alive because he can realise his existence, he can think. The same idea was proposed by the great Islamic physician and philosopher extraordinaire, Avicenna @ Ibn Sina. He floated the idea of a blindfolded 'flying man' who is suspended in mid-air. Despite not being in contact with his senses, Man is still aware that he exists even though his senses are numbed. That, in essence, means we exist, that we have a mind of our own!Ever since Man started looking at the sky on a starry night after a hard day's work without much entertainment to idle the night away, he must have noticed the 'star' that he was at the previous night had changed location. He must have called his friend. Slowly, with their newly well-myelinated brain, propelled by their new diet of fat rich food of fish, they must have started putting on their thinking caps. Slowly, the endeavour to explain things around us must have evolved to meaning and purpose of life.
Everyone who came afterwards gave their two-cents' worth of opinion. Time went on. Soon these talks of trying to explain our being turned to how we should be living. The Maker, some say need to be feted while others maintained that His master plan would continue no matter how much we cajole Him not to.
This book gives an introductory review of thinkers from the time of Thales of the Pre-Socratic era all through to the modern times.
Unfortunately, what started as giving the man the faculty to think has, over the years, have evolved into an indoctrination tool to control the masses through their herd mentality.
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