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julia_roxxanne 's review for:
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes
I remember thinking in my psychology class that since the human being is aware, what would happen if suddenly there were no such thing as awareness? Would the world exist as we know it, or is everything simply a product of our minds processing sensory information? If there was no awareness, would there be a world at all? Similar question to the one about the tree falling in the forest. At the time I hadn't realized there was actually a book written about the topic. Rene Descartes' famous maxim, "I think, therefore I am" basically sums up in the simplest way possible the answer to my question. The answer is incomplete (as any answer to a philosophical question must be), but this book is the beginning of a fascinating exploration into the relationship between human thought and the existence of the world around us. I'll have to read it again to pick up on all the things I missed, but initially I'd have to say it's one of the best philosophy books I've ever read.