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Xenophanes: 'If Horses Had Gods, They Would Look Like Horses' — The First Philosopher to Question Religious Critique and the Limits of Knowledge
Ancient

Xenophanes: 'If Horses Had Gods, They Would Look Like Horses' — The First Philosopher to Question Religious Critique and the Limits of Knowledge

Xenophanes attacked anthropomorphic gods and stressed the limits of certainty, laying foundations for skepticism and religious critique.
Descartes: "I Think, Therefore I Am" - The Single Foothold Left After Doubting Everything
Modern

Descartes: "I Think, Therefore I Am" - The Single Foothold Left After Doubting Everything

In 1637, an anonymous book shattered inherited certainty. Descartes subjected sensation, memory, and even mathematics to radical doubt, then found one indestructible point: the existence of the doubting self.

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