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RENE DESCARTES -Cogito ergo sum ( " I think ,  therefore I am ")                       Rene Descartes, a French philosopher, physiologist and mathematician  was born in La Haye on March 31, 1596 of Joachim Descartes and Jeanne Brochard. He was one of a number of surviving children (two siblings and two half-siblings). His father was a lawyer and magistrate, which apparently left little time for family. Descartes' mother died in May of the year following his birth, and he, his full brother and sister, Pierre and Jeanne, were left to be raised by their grandmother in La Haye. At around ten years of age, in 1606, he was sent to the Jesuit college of La Flèche. He studied there until 1614, and in 1615 entered the University of Poitiers, where a year later he received his Baccalaureate and License in Canon & Civil Law. He was a contemporary of Galileo and Pascal and thus worked under the influence of the r...

“Everything starts within ourselves” A great philosopher in the name of Rene Descartes once said,”Conquer Yourself Not The World”.What does he mean by this?Do we need to conquer the world before ourselves?Are we obliged to do something in order to change the world we live in?The answer is no,a huge and resounding no. In relation to that,there are verses from  the Bible in chapter 7 of Matthew that is pointing out on the same subject.According to this verse,we should not be trying to take the straw from other people’s eyes when we ourselves have a rafter in our own eyes.Meaning to say,before we look at other’s situations and set of actions or  try to change them,we must take a closer look at ourselves first and make a change if necessary. The truth is,we cannot change the world and all the people around us at a glance.We cannot easily affect other’s preferences and beliefs and all other things that comprise our world.However,we can start the change from ourselves a...