Will and Skepticism

The ancient Skeptics, e. g. Zeno, were Parmenideans whose methods were in the service of Stasis and Unity. That Cogito is rooted in Agito reveals that Descartes is not one such Parmenidean, but a bold adventurer with allegiances elsewhere. For, he can be regarded as a Heraclitean attempting to determine if one can swim in the same water twice, with the discovery that one remains the same swimmer even if the water does not remain the same water. What follows from that discovery is the establishment of the seaworthiness of other stable structures, especially of beliefs such as the existence of God and the principles of Mathematics. He thus demonstrates that Skepticism is rooted in dynamic Will, not in static Cognition.