This is Jim Cady.

I think what Descrates is doing is trying to
find the truth. He is going about it in a
very methodical way.

In his early life he was a mathematician.
He is trying to form what is true as many
mathematicians do. I remember my
high school geometry class and going
through proofs. It was very similar.

The thing that I think that Descrates is
doing is to find the basic law that he can
build truth from. Failing that he is then
looking for the theorem that he can build
truth from. He also seems to be looking
for the basic definitions for what is going
on.