In formulating any philosophy the first consideration must always be: What can we know? That is$$$ what can we be sure we know$$$ or sure that we know we knew it$$$ if indeed it is at all knowable. Or have we simply forgotten it and are too embarrassed to

In formulating any philosophy the first consideration must always be: What can we know? That is$$$ what can we be sure we know$$$ or sure that we know we knew it$$$ if indeed it is at all knowable. Or have we simply forgotten it and are too embarrassed to say anything? Descartes hinted at the problem when he wrote$$$ 'My mind can never know my body$$$ although it has become quite friendly with my legs.