c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…and an angel appeared to this young man and said, the mastery of nature is achieved through measure and number. This was Rene Descartes. This was the founder of what is called materialism, rationalism. His marching orders were given to him in the same way…
…who was basically soldiering and wenching his way across Europe, which was something gentlemen did in those days. And his name was Rene Descartes. And after the fall of Prague, I can't remember the exact date, but I think it was in early August of 1619,…
…so forth and so on, modern science was created at the suggestion of an angel. Is this well understood? The young Rene Descartes in the army of the habsburgs out soldiering around Europe, I believe in September of 1620 found himself in the city…
…and he said: that's it that's it and the compass of my life is set I see it clearly this was Rene Descartes, this was the founder of modern scientific materialism. Modern scientific materialism is the revelation of an archangel, and all science since…
…the firm ontological division between mind and matter that is built into western thinking now did not exist. That comes with Rene Descartes with the invention of what's called the res extensa, the extended world and the res verans the interior world which…
…with angels and all sorts of entities of this type over decades. No less a founder of modern scientific rationalism than Rene Descartes Actually was set on the path toward the realization of the ideals of modern science by an angel who appeared to…
…nothing, happily soldiering and wenching his way around Europe while he decided what to do with himself, and his name was Rene Descartes a frenchman. And Descartes, in his later years reminisced about his period as a soldier in this army and I like…
…whether they're real or not yeah like a religion. Well how many people know? You know modern science was founded by Rene Descartes in the early 17th century. What were the circumstances under which Descartes founded modern science? Rene Descartes was a 19…
…science was founded by Rene Descartes in the early 17th century. What were the circumstances under which Descartes founded modern science? Rene Descartes was a 19 year old, basically ne er do well, and he decided that he would go wenching and soldiering…
…possible. But it has presumed to be the arbiter of all thought, all feeling, all worth my god, the hubris of Rene Descartes to divide the world into the primary and secondary qualities. And what are the primary qualities? Motion, mass, spin, momentum. And…
…angel appeared to him and said: the conquest of nature is to be achieved through number and measure. And in that moment Rene Descartes went from being a nobody to being the founder of modern science. Modern science was founded at the direction of an…