Exploring René Descartes' famous quote about doubt and truth

8 تیر 1405 - خواندن 3 دقیقه - 101 بازدید

Rene Descartes, philosopher and mathematician, said: “If you are a seeker of truth, it is necessary to doubt everything at least once in your life." Descartes considers the discovery of truth to be in doubt, as if truth is the child of doubt and in the absence of doubt, no truth is revealed. Perhaps it can be said that those who have never doubted anything have never discovered the truth of that subject and if a truth is true in their opinion, it is because of the experience and doubt of others that one day led to the discovery of that truth. It is as if not doubting is a defensive shield so that we do not see the truth. Those who have a fanatical view of issues; their prejudice is a kind of protection against the slap of truth that is about to be played in their ears. It is as if truth is the greatest enemy on earth for some

They are so guarded against it and do not want to doubt the issue in question that it seems as if they are going to lose their lives by doubting; but the reality is that if we come out of this guard state a little, doubt a little and examine our doubts, at least we have reached an issue that is closer to the truth; in various sciences, doubt in old theories leads to the creation of new and more complete theories; in the discovery of crimes, doubt leads to finding the culprit and... So why do we resist the discovery and finding of something better than this and do not doubt? Can we be certain of the truth or falsehood of something before !doubting it

God, who gave us humans the power to think, must have given us this power to face doubts and uncertainties. Otherwise, if everything was certain, what would be the need for thinking?! So let us not doubt the correctness of doubting, because our doubt, even if it is misplaced, leads to the certainty of investigation, and if our doubt is correct, the truth will be revealed to us; a truth that is itself relative and subject to circumstances