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−	~~Renee Descartes was a French philosopher, probably the greatest philosopher of all time (although [~~[~~Kant]],~~ [~~[Aristotle]] and [[Ayn Rand]] also lay claim to this title).~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Rene Descartes]]
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−	Descartes locked himself in a stove and meditated, arriving at the unsurprising conclusion that nothing existed. He then used [[Anselm]]'s proof of the existence of [[God]] to decide that perhaps he wasn't deluded, and perhaps things did exist after all. He thought the [[soul]] lived in the pineal gland, and when you lift your arm it's just an accident because your brain doesn't control your body, God does. This "god-robot" theory of consciousness got him into ferocious arguments with [[Hobbes]]~~, but then Hobbes loved a good argument and was usually wrong.~~