Researching Descartes, I came across this lovely cartoon that was published in the London Times a few years back. With my little knowledge of the French language for quite some time that this person's name was pronounced phonetically until I heard his name pronounced "de-cart." And now that I have this knowledge, it makes this comic all the more funny. Thinking of this now from a philosophical standpoint, having a little basis of understanding of Descartes' philosophy, this brings up some interesting points. Since Descartes is "a thinking thing" he cannot therefore be a cart which can never be a thinking thing. With that in mind, do carts exist or are they figments of our imagination? In other words, are carts things that are external to our mind or internal to our mind?
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