RE: absolutely no loop content

["Javier Miranda V." <gnominus@earthling.net>]

But Kim, what is the title and author of the books you're reading on him?

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@annihilist.com]
| Sent: Thursday 08 October 1998 1:12 AM
| To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
| Subject: Re: absolutely no loop content
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| 
| currently reading some old dude named Rene Descartes from the 1600's.
| 
| "I think therefore I Loop!"
| "I loop therefore I covet gear!"
| "I covet gear therefore I think!"
| 
| I highly recommend Rene for any looper, as he has his own rather profound
| approach to looping. Descartes proved himself to be a very bright 
| guy early
| on, even inventing some fundamental mathematical concepts we all were
| tortured with as youngsters. And then, convinced of his own mediocrity, 
|he
| devoted 9 years of his life to eliminating all of his opinions. Descartes
| developed an exemplary approach to thought, whereby he would: never 
|accept
| anything to be true which he did not absolutely know to be true; divide
| difficult problems into as many simple parts as possible, so that they 
|can
| more easily be solved; conduct his thinking in order from the simplest 
|and
| easiest to prove through to the more complex; and last, to make 
| his studies
| so complete and general as to not omit anything.
| 
| Then, after this remarkable effort, Rene employs an amazing bit 
| of circular
| logic to prove the existence of God in just three rather convoluted
| sentences. Impressive! I heartily encourage you all to create 
| music in that
| fashion. In fact, reminds me of many posts here on Looper's Delight.
| 
| Sadly, although Rene is considered the Father of Modern Philosophy, he 
|did
| not live long enough to invent his own looper or compose any influential
| loop music, as he certainly would have. The queen of Sweden hired 
| him to be
| her tutor, and demanded that he begin instruction at 5am in cold 
| Sweden. He
| died within months. I'm sure the same would happen to me....
| 
| kim
| 
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