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Analysis Of Cartesian Themes In The Matrix
Set forth and describe three scenes from The Matrix that illustrate Cartesian themes. Early in the movie, Neo pulls a book off of a shelf, Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulations, and opens it to reveal that it contains electronic contraband. In an instant, the directors ask us to consider his work. It completely avoids asking the logical question that follows after finding out that all of 1999 is an illusion: How are we to determine the truth or reality of any experience? The moment we believe that our senses are untrue, we can never fully trust them again. The Cartesian advice that fits this scenes is: “it is the mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.” (Descartes 60) With The Matrix being
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