Describing Thoughts on the World We Can Describe

"We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe." Descartes When I intially read this quote, what first came to mind was prejudice. The second half of the quote, "we see the world we can describe", summarizes how we see the world based off of how we can describe it. Therefore, if you can describe only from your own perspect, you're bound to see the world from a bias viewpont. This can cause prejudice if you do not listen to other people's experiences and perspectives as well. In the context of the "Does school exist?" activity, it can be known that we can only be sure of a school to the extent that we can describe it ourselves. If you can describe certain aspects of the schools existence, than therefore it must exist to you. Following through with this activity might make an existentialist more confident in the school's existence.