Rene Descartes, Meditation 3 | The Argument for God's Existence | Philosophy Core Concepts

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[@rburrisVET]

This reminds me of Anselm’s ontological argument for God’s existence

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[@parwati7460]

Where is " cogito ergo sum " concept along with the existence of God?

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[@venkays8625]

Descartes doesn't seem to have made diligent use of his own Method of Doubt in this case and seems to conclude rather hastily that God must exist because his idea exists.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Nah. Not at all what's going on. You'll need to reread more closely

[@venkays8625]

@@GregoryBSadler Not really , I am saying the same thing as Bertrand Russel " The constructive part of Descartes’s theory of knowledge is less interesting than the earlier destructive part.". What do you mean " You'll need to reread more closely" ?

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1/n approaches the limit infinity (or negative infinity if n is negative) as n approaches zero. So that is how one conceives infinity without being able to fully grasp infinity.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yeah. . . not quite what Descartes is talking about here. You can easily find the text online

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[@canyildiz5966]

it sounds brilliant until you realise how much of a mid-life crisis Descartes was really having. poor guy.🙂

[@GregoryBSadler]

Except that he wasn't. Poor reader