LIGHT MY FIRE 🔥Rene Descartes, “Mr I Think Therefore I Am”, ..

LIGHT MY FIRE 🔥

Rene Descartes, “Mr I Think Therefore I Am”, was the Frenchman who got the fucking ball rolling for modern philosophy.😎 Five hundred years ago he set the playing board and pieces; he was the first to wonder if the world was real - blaming an all-powerful demon on setting us up.😈 More importantly for us, he first described the mind and body: no-one had talked about this distinction before Descartes, which is hard to believe when talking about the mind is commonplace now.🧠 Prior to him, everyone had talked about the soul, but the soul was different because it took priority over the body, was the source of thoughts and emotions, and was explained in mystical or spiritual ways.👻 In contrast, for Descartes, the mind and body existed as equals. They could be examined separately and discussed in scientific ways, and when the mind and body interacted, all the crazy shit we experience happened.🤯

Before Descartes, if you wanted to fuck someone, your desire had moral or spiritual weight.😥 Plato would have said your irrational feelings are at odds with being able to think clearly about things.🥸 Aristotle would ask whether your lust allowed you to live an ethical life. Stoics would say you should suppress your desire as it disrupts inner balance, while Christianity would judge it on whether fucking the person was a sin.😟 Even Buddhists would question things, as wanting to fuck ultimately leads to attachment and suffering.💔 For the longest time, you might have even seen a doctor if you were concerned, and be treated with shit like bloodletting, herbal remedies and exercises, as they believed emotions were caused by imbalances in the ‘humors’ of the body.🩺

Thanks to Descartes, we have moved mostly away from this nonsense.🤬 He was the shining light that called out this bullshit and declared that, by themselves, emotions had no objective moral value at all.💡 It all had to do with circumstances. Feeling like you want to fuck someone is neither good nor bad, neither shameful nor regretful, and should ultimately be enjoyed.🤤 Emotions are part of the magic that happens when mind and body connect.💫 What matters is that your mind doesn’t let the emotions run away and become destructive.😨 So go forth and feel love, desire, temptation, hate, jealously, elation – the whole tapestry of emotions (even shame and regret in the right circumstances!).🥰 Just make sure your mind stays in control and calls the fuckin shots.👊