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RE: "Descarte's Dream" ~ A Haiku by Duncan Cary Palmer

in #poetry6 years ago (edited)

Excellent poetic reflection. Descartes separated the essence or soul from the body, is the precursor of Western philosophy. "I believe that then I exist" was what drove the industrial revolution, which gave rise to the mechanistic paradigm because within that philosophy man compared himself with the creator and created, unlike the western paradigm where the whole was connected with the whole and the Nature and man is in constant synergy. But the truth is that there is a God who creates wonders and discarded the possibility that a ROBOT think like man. As always, I congratulate you for those reflective poems @creatr

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Thanks, @yose, for stopping by with your comments.

I'm uncertain as to whether the matter is quite that plain.

God has given us great powers and abilities. The risk I see is that of man seeking to elevate himself above God. And sadly, this I see on a daily basis as human governors pretend to have some authority to rule their fellow man.

I don't think that imitating God within limits--for example by attempting to create a thinking being--would be an affront to God's dignity.

This is @creart, the enemy is very clever

Yes, he is, but we are prepared:

"...so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs."
- 2 Corinthians 2:11

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