Essay on Descartes

Proving It Isn't Believing It The question of whether God exists is an issue that has been debated by scholars, scientists, and philosophers for centuries. In his Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes ultimately attempts to prove God in fact does exist. By dismissing everything he has learned from the beginning of his life and rebuilding his belief structure through science and reason, Descartes is able to build groundwork to base …showed first 75 words of 1151 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1151 total…science and reason, but rather the wondrous deeds, which they believe He has performed. Observing the time in which Descartes' Meditations were published, his suggestion that God may be an evil deceiver, and his use of science and reason to prove God's existence, shows that Rene Descartes most likely did not believe in God. Work Cited Descartes, Rene. Discourse On Method and Meditations on First Philosophy; Translated by Donald A. Cress. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co. 1993.