Friday, April 4, 2008
Locke
Locke and Descartes both talk about God, its basically the only idea that they both except and don't even think about challenging. To me this is almost funny because today God is probably one of the most controversial issues to some. Locke pretty much says that if any idea is innate this is it but isn't his whole stance about how ideas cannot be innate? Why would he back track?
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i think it's funny that they both agree on this idea. also i think in both books the god chapters were the shortes ones. i think part of it comes from the fact that they both came from countries where church and state where one and the same. while in present day america church and state are seperated. i think that both of them might have just put down there feelings about religion. they didn't try to prove or question it because they didn't want to affect their faith.
I think that jimmy answered your question well that when the books were written it was a time when church and state whete one and the same. I think that they both told their views and what they believed to be true
I just think its so odd that they both just sit there and say pretty much we arent messing with this. They both can challenge everything else but this is something else.
Maybe the little amount of attention paid to God from both Locke and Descartes has to do with a fear of the unknown. Neither of them know for a fact that God has ever existed. They do however, believe that faith is an innate idea. If they both tend to believe in God, then the consequences of questioning his existence will lead to punishment, therefore stopping them from getting to deep into denying the existence of God, especially during their time error.
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