HUMA 1160 Lecture : The Enlightenment and Human Understanding Lecture 1 and Homework
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Medieval period all truths have been discovered: bible [writings of god, writings of plato and aristotle [reason] Secret to success: a method of obtaining knowledge. Follow what i say and you will get it right. How to study the self: look at the faculties of knowledge, intuition, and intellect. There must be a set of thought in the mind that creates philosophical knowledge. Anybody could acquire the amount of knowledge as anybody. (we all have the same pieces to our mind and thus we are able to do the same things). The uninitiated cannot gain the knowledge. (senses cannot reveal god). One must abandon their body (senses) in order to gain knowledge. Nothing the senses revel can be trusted. (hyperbolic doubt) (exaggerated doubt) Reguli/rule #1: the end of study should be to direct the mind towards the enunciation of sound and correct judgments on all matters that come before it.
