Q. Student: “The philosopher Descartes said, ‘I think, therefore I am’. What am I when I don’t think?”

Q. Student: “The philosopher Descartes said, ‘I think, therefore I am’. What am I when I don’t think?”

A. Master: “When there is no wind, it doesn’t mean that there is no air.”

Commentary:
Wind is just the motion of air.
When the wind dies down, it doesn’t mean that air disappears, but is just still.

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