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Descartes and Aquinas
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Descartes and Aquinas
A look at Rene Descartes' use of St Thomas Aquinas's knowledge that God exists.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages) |
21 sources |
MLA | 2006
Paper Summary:
This paper describes Rene Descartes' use of Aquinas's five ways of knowing that God exists, identifying God's perfection as the major thrust of Descartes' ontological argument in defense of God's existence.From the Paper:
"Rene Descartes in the Third Meditation draws upon arguments advanced earlier by St Thomas Aquinas to demonstrate that God exists. Having declared himself to be a thing that thinks that is to say that doubts .."More papers on Descartes and Aquinas:
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Descartes and Aquinas (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Descartes-and-Aquinas/71444
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"Descartes and Aquinas" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Descartes-and-Aquinas/71444>
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