Meditations on False Philosophy
René Descartes, also known as Cartesius, is hailed as the founder of Western Philosophy by modern thinkers and followers alike. In one of his most famous works entitled Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes reveals his philosophical ideas through the main character, the meditator. The meditator reflects upon that which it knows to realize that in order to accurately obtain truth one must forget all of its pre-conceived notions through methodological doubt. Understanding this concept, the meditator hopes to find knowledge within the most basic truths, building upon these truths with others until it has come to a state of full awareness. This full sense of awareness is characterized by the understanding of the existence or non-existence of itself, God, and the material world which it perceives through its senses. In Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes' proof of the existence of God lacks sufficient supporting evidence and relies on......
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