>Descartes had a pet dog called Monsieur Grat (Mr Scratch) to whom he was apparently extremely devoted.
>One report describes how Descartes and his disciples nailed living dogs to boards by their paws, then cut them open to explore the workings of their circulatory systems. Descartes’ anatomical writings have unsettling passages like “If you slice off the pointed end of the heart in a live dog, and insert a finger into one of the cavities…”
>>25195013>>25195021The mind-body duality of man
>>25195021Descartes believed that no animals besides man were capable of intelligence or thoughts due to their lack of speech. The parrot can speak but can’t form thoughts of its own with its speech so to Descartes that meant they were as alive as plants are.
>>25195021Catfags are mentally ill
>>25196870he did the same to cats. his wifes cat iirc
>>25195021This is the Christian worldview in action
The dogmatism of this man was so intense that he didn’t think twice about whether maybe actually, le heckin doggo might actually be in pain. Based retard.
>>25196889He wasn’t Christian. He was deist which was spiritual but not religious before its time.
Did he dissect him, too?
