... essay I am going to attempt to critically examine Descartes argument as to the existence of God, as set out in the Third Meditation, in Descartes "Meditations on First Philosophy". Descartes definition of God is a being that is infinite and perfect, "the possessor of all the perfections which I cannot grasp, but can somehow ... of forming this idea unless I were created by God". This argument is invalid as Descartes is assuming that there is a God in the first place, as there is still no sound proof as to his existence, as CSM says "clearer proof needs to be provided that this idea ......

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... of the beliefs of his time. He believes that his predecessors made a fatal mistake in accepting things to be true without certainty. In Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes attempts to establish a new method of obtaining knowledge where he only accepts beliefs as true if they are beyond possible doubt. Descartes ... if he has the idea of God in his mind, then God must exist. Descartes begins to explore his previous belief with "First Mediation: On What Can be Called into Doubt." This mediation is the long overdue demolition of all prior knowledge and the starting over from the ......

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