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They are of the kind that can be described and presented in a
few minutes, but, thanks to the mesmerism of print, were to
occupy the attention of generations. Philosophies from
Descartes onward are diverse in the way in which a steam
engine differs from a gas or diesel engine. And Bergson, who
tried to end it all, is as mechanical as his enemy Descartes,
although he preferred a kind of cosmic fuel for his system. Once
grant the stripping and segmenting process for language and
experience such as Shakespeare indicates in Lear , and there is
no possible stay. The roller-coaster is off over the Cartesian,
Lockeian, Kantian course with all the built-in panic and angst
that could be asked for. Whyte sums it up (pp. 60­1):
During the late seventeenth century three main
attitudes dominated European philosophical thought,
corresponding to three interpretations of the nature of