Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Meditations Part 4

In continuous to my other post, Descartes says that as often as he restrains his will when he makes judgments, it will mean he can't err. He says that every clear and distinct perception is definitely something , therefore, it can't be nothing. In contrast, he thinks that it must have God as its author, who is perfect and true. I think he is saying that everything that we believe all started from God himself and nowhere else. Also, he mentions that not only must he never make a mistake, at the same time he must do to so he reaches truth. He says that he will only reach the truth if he perferctly understands it and seperates that from the rest.

1 comment:

Erin said...

I think you have a good point. However I think that he may also be saying that no one is perfect and that only God can be perfect. And that without we would not know that we were imperfect.