Essay Archive - Can One Perceive Or Confirm The Existence Of An Idea Or Object That Is External
To Him Mainly - God?
Can One Perceive Or Confirm The Existence Of An Idea Or Object That Is External
To Him Mainly - God?
"I think therefore I am." Man wills, refuses, perceives, understands,
and denies many principles. As explained by Rene' Descartes, man is a thinking
thing, a conscious being who truthfully exists because he is certain that it is
so. All that man perceives is internally present and not external to him or his
mind. The focal point of the third meditation that must be dealt with is: Can
one perceive or confirm the existence of an idea or object that is....
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