... like the Internet, doesn't it? Indeed, it does. But again, is that bad? Is it bad-or is it that change naturally and always brings out resistance and naysayers? In Socrates' time, the sage philosopher stated that the act of writing stories down instead of just telling them was going to change the way people used their minds. They will " ... ;cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful," he said (Carr). Many note that Socrates was correct on some counts, but what he couldn't see was all the benefits of writing and creating knowledge on paper. Thanks to writing, ideas and infor...

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... into a long history of scepticism in philosophy. However Descartes writings is not sceptical in there conclusions but are generated through sceptical tools. Descartes has often been compared and associated with Socrates in terms of their knowledge and beliefs. They could be both described as nihilists i.e. a thinker who believes in nothing and rejects all truths and values ... . Socrates believed he knew nothing despite being a very sociable and intelligent man although he did in fact have values. However some philosophers believe that being a nilisht is not necessarily a bad thing, ......

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