How can one be sure? How can things
be attested? What is the truth amongst
stances that are claimed to be such?
For one, I am not certain as to the
submission date of this paper. Well, I am to blame. I lost the paper where I
wrote the pertinent information on. Worse, I even lost my memory as to what the
due date is. One thing is for sure though, this must be accomplished as early as
possible. This will be submitted sooner or later.
Perhaps, doubting when I am supposed
to submit this made me feel uneasy. I need to know the specific date that this
should be passed. I was motivated to search for it. That's why I asked a
classmate of mine as to when is the submission date. She answered that this
would be due on September 4, Tuesday. I was relieved, though there is still
something in me that makes me ask if she tells me the right information.
Nonetheless, this must be made.
Doubting or not trusting as to the
certainty of her answer somehow lead me to realize the fact that I have a paper
to make regardless of when the due date is. As, Rene Descartes' “universal
methodic doubt states”, doubting precedes certainty. In other words, doubting is
the foundation of clear and distinct
knowledge.
Also, doubting affirms one's
existence. Not just my existence as a human being but also the existence of the
problem. As he had said, doubting one's existence confirms that he really do
exist. “ Cogito ergo sum.”
Once I was asked, what is more true
than truth itself? Now, I can confidently answer that doubt is more true that
truth itself. One cannot doubt that he is doubting, for that mere doubting that
he doubts proves that he is in doubt. Complicated yet simple isn't it?
Additionally, it's because of the doubt that one is motivated to search for the
truth. Doubting makes attests a truth.
I don't deny that I don't trust
anyone I just newly meet. They'll have to pass a series of unwritten criteria
first before I give them my confidence.
I also don't deny that I did doubt
if my course is really the one that is for me. I admit that until now I still
do. But there are times that I venture into other fields such as singing,
dancing, facilitating among others . I can do all of them all right. Yet there
comes a time that I unconsciously compare them to accounting, having the latter
in my opinion as more apt for me. Now, that uncertainty is kind of alleviated.
Confidence and trust must not be
given totally to someone or something. Hence, if one does, he is prone to
manipulations and deceits. Better to keep everything that is worthy the benefit
of the doubt. They may be doubting as well.
Doubting perhaps is not always
outwards. Everyone including myself must also reflect and decipher the truth of
their identity and personhood. “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates had said. I admit that there are things about myself that I doubt.
Many of them in fact. Some major things. Now, I know that it's just right for
me to just do it. Eventually this will lead to the certainty that I am longing
for. Most importantly, I must not just ignore them. The fact that I am doubting
confirms that I have problems to settle.
Thus, the lesson that struck me
among all our midterm lessons is Rene
Descartes' philosophy about doubt and his quest for certainty.
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