Friday, March 7, 2008

Descartes' Overall Brainbusters in Method 5

One thing I forgot to point out was how Descartes focuses on the human perception and what we percieve as true and not true in Meditation 5. "But once I percieved that there is a God, and also understood at the same time that everything else depend son him, and that he is not a deceiver, I then concluded that everything that I clearly and distinctly perceive is necessarily true." Well Rene, I guess if something is clearly true, then it makes sense that you would percieve it as clearly true. What a brain buster, he must have had to think real hard to come up with that one. "But I now know that I cannot be mistaken in matters I plainly understand." I guess this also would make sense. You know what else makes sense? The color red, is red! This is about the complexity of these brainbusting epiphanies that Descartes has come to. If I recall correction the title of this part is MEDITATION 5: Concerning the Essence of Material things, and Again Concerning God, That He Exists. So what I've concluded about the essence of a material is that a triangle has 3 angles that equals 180 degrees, and that God's existence is as much an essential property of God's as having three angles that add up to 180 degrees is an essential property of triangles. AKA since triangles have three angles, God exists. Sorry, that's not good enough for me. How about you analyze the three religions. Find out their origins, their icons, their holy books, and their histories, then critically analyze the credibility of each religion and tie that into the existence of God. That's how you will percieve whether God is real or not. And the other main point that I learned in this Meditation: I cannot be mistaken in matters I plainly understand. So if I know something's true, then it's true. A little obvious wouldn't you think? Rene Descartes has officially unimpressed me, hopefully John Locke will give me something to think about.

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