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Descartes' "Meditations"
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Descartes' "Meditations"
This paper discusses the thinking of Descartes as exemplified in his "Meditations", focusing on the existence of God.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
2 sources |
1973
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"Descartes, in his "Meditations", attempts to find one thing that he can know with certainty. He is impressed with false beliefs he has held since childhood. He wonders that he can hold an opinion to be true that later he regards as false.He decides to adopt a doubting frame of mind to free himself of the methods of thought he has up to now been accustomed. He will reject everything he previously held as true as long as it contained any element of falseness in it. Then if he can find one thing of which he is certain, he can start anew and build from the foundations up.
Descartes is forty years old and living in Holland. He has put off this endeavor until he has reached a mature age but an age when he can postpone it no longer. He now has the necessary solitude to begin his pursuit."
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Descartes' "Meditations" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Descartes'-Meditations/17244
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"Descartes' "Meditations"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Descartes'-Meditations/17244>
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