The metaphysical re-insurance is that of a rational organization of the world - Descartes must gamble on the supposition that our senses and intellect are not the toys of a malignant deceiver - and, even more importantly, on a morality of ...

p.1 - The metaphysical re-insurance is that of a rational organization of the world - Descartes must gamble on the supposition that our senses and intellect are not the toys of a malignant deceiver - and, even more importantly, on a morality of distributive justice...

p.1.1 - The main point: René Descartes points out that we are not the puppets of a master manipulator and shows us the morality within social systems propagating distributive justice.

p.1.2 - Duality Statement: René Descartes was a forwarding thinking Giant in his time challenging metaphysical maxims and social commentary with the accepted norms and practices of the masses.

p.1.3 - Sentiments: 

         p.1.3.1 - Challenging the status quo worked for René Descartes or at least from our perspective 500+ years later.

         p.1.3.2 - Distributive Justice? Where is it now?

p.1.4 - Further reading: Google search "books by René Descartes."[^1]
 
p.1.5 - Existential Statement of Futurity: Feelings of social inequality only enhance the illusion of the ego.
The solution: No more social inequality
 
p.1.6 - QUESTION: Would a socially egalitarian society thrive? Is it possible?

p.1.7 - Best Answer: I rationalize moral violations as ego enablers. The move away from the ego is innately egalitarian. Ergo there goes the ego.

p.1.8 - MOBIUS: - René Descartes was but one stop on the deep space route of discovery. A long journey indeed.

p.1.9 - TAGS: ego, René Descartes, metaphysics
 
planksip™ - René Descartes was a forwarding thinking Giant in his time challenging metaphysical maxims and social commentary with the accepted norms and practices of the masses.