Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Cogito, Sum, Agito

As has been previously discussed, Descartes' fundamental Geometrical innovation is the introduction of the Vector, i. e. the Axis, as the foundation of Space.  Thus, insofar as the Vector signifies motion away from an origin,  the corresponding I that is the origin of Experience is neither Cogito nor Sum, but Agito, i. e. I Act.  Likewise signified is the Mind-Body relation as a continuum from point of origin to developing line, with no need of a mediating factor such as the pineal gland.  Similarly, the Thought-Extension relation is, properly, that of Thought-Extending, i. e. dualistic only analytically.  Thus, the Body is primarily a center of Motility, rather than Sensibility, which exposes the entire Empiricist tradition as a doctrine of passivity.  Nevertheless, starting with Descartes' settling for Cogito as his I, the Rationalist tradition only rarely develops as a dynamic alternative, prior to breakthroughs by Marxism, Will to Power, and Pragmatism.  However, Agito has subsequently been re-repressed in the emergence of Analytic Philosophy and Fundamental Ontology, thereby stifling the dynamic potential of Philosophy that has  appeared only sporadically since Descartes' invention.

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