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Logic 88

Descartes was of the opinion that animals were conscious automata.
He might as well have thought that all men but himself were unconscious.
To suppose them so does not annul the rules of logic.
It still remains true that such and such a habit of determining one virtual store of knowledge by another will result in the concentratuon of actions so as to bring about definite ends.
The essence of rationality lies in the fact the rational being will act so as to attain certain ends.
Prevent his doing so in one way which will produce the same results.
Rationality is being governed by final causes.
Consciousness the feeling of the passing instant has as such no room for rationality.
The notion that logic is in anyway concerned with it is a fallacy closely allied to hedonism in ethics.