"The Creed of a Savoyard Priest", Rousseau

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This paper talks about the knowledge of a world that realized through meditation and the ability of a person to access the inner perception of their mind. This paper also discusses Rousseau's belief that the foundation of the ultimate truth is obtained through one's soul and through feeling.

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"Rousseau starts his meditation by doubting everything including the opinions and the things he had been told to believe until he reaches the point where he cannot be certain about anything in the world. After he reached the state of uncertainty and doubt, he decides to accept things that are self-evident and things that he cannot refuse to believe naturally (pg.237). The very first truth that accepts is that he exists and he has senses that affect him (pg.238). After realizing his existence, he realizes that there are other objects exist also, and he has the ability to perceive and compare those objects. He makes a distinction between perceiving and comparing. Perceiving is passive because it is merely sensing the objects and comparing is an active thinking because counting, judging and comparing are the activities of the mind."

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