DesCartes

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To say that this is somewhat of a circular argument, and that Descartes merely fabricates his logic, is to somehow deny that there was ever a Creator to begin with. Also, questioning the existence of God as a Roman Catholic, educated by the elite Jesuits, was seen to be almost blasphemous. Descartes, can then successfully deduce, by first proving our imperfections, that because he has an idea of what perfection is, there indeed must exist something perfect, and that perfect being is God. To Descartes in 1600s Roman Catholic France, God was that idea of perfection. I tend to see these rash statements as somewhat disturbing, but nonetheless, aruguable.

Descartes argues on behalf of the “idea”.

First, we must remember that Descartes was writing in a time where challenging the authority, the Roman Catholic Church, was a vary difficult task to fulfill. And for Desacartes, he feels that it is imperative to believe in such a comcept, for it is with these ideas, that we exist, and it is with some form of a “higher being” that these ideas exist. Another example would be, you cannot see Love or Beauty or Faith or Justice, but you have an idea that it exists. Descartes, merely takes us on a voyage of higher learing; questioning what we have been taught to accept. To reject our perfections, as Descartes does, reflects his Roman Catholic influences, yet clearly validates our nature of being.

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