Better Understanding

Descartes and Hume are both operating on the assumption that the world can be known because we exist outside of nature. They are assuming that there are laws that dictate nature and that we can in fact figure out the universe because there exists an objective and observable reality from ourselves, the observer. This is how they come to every conclusion that they make. An opposing or rather a complementing view to this thinking called irrationalism, assumes that we cannot know the world because the universe and reality are subjective and that we do not exist independently of nature. Thinkers such as Nietzsche and Bergson rejected rationalism and came to an understanding from this that world cannot be completely known. The two schools of thought, rational and irrational are complementary to each other, much like the ideas of logos and mythos in Ancient Greek philosophy. Joined together they would illustrate the rational and animal (irrational) and lead us to better understanding comprehensive human nature.