SCENES OF THOUGHT

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Fourteen questions become fourteen source-backed scenes across 10 places. Play the route, pause on a question, and enter the work behind it.

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ACT 2 OF 4

Mind, freedom, and faith

The certain self, freedom within necessity, the limits of experience, and the paradox of faith diverge.

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지도를 불러오는 중…

Act 2 editorial illustration · not a historical record

1641ParisPublication

THE QUESTION IN THIS SCENE

The first Latin edition is published in Paris.

Descartes — Using doubt as a method

Should every belief be withheld whenever error is possible, or is doubt a test used for a particular purpose?

Athens → Paris

Why this scene is pinned here

The source supports the event-place association, not the truth of the philosophy or a line of influence.

Meditationes de prima philosophia
René Descartes · 1641 · Paris: Michael Soly, first Latin edition
Locator: Title page and Paris imprint
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