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Essay Archive - To Err and To Be Careful
To Err and To Be Careful
With the age old question discussing the existence of god Descartes
begins the Fourth Meditation in clear defense of his existence. Descartes
proves the existence of God through the mere fact that he, the author, has
an idea within him of the existence of a higher power that this power must
indeed exist. Of course, reading the previous mediataions the reader
learns that this theory rests on the fact that the author has separated his
thoughts from his senses: " And from the mere fact that there is such an
idea within me....I clearly infer that God also exists." However Descar....
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