Rene Descartes First Philosophy Analysis

On Rene Descartes text on Meditations on First Philosophy, he states that he has found himself going back on matters that he thought he believed to be true, and is now deciding to rebuild his knowledge from the ground up, and accepting as true only those claims which are absolutely certain. All he had previously thought he knew came to him through the senses. Through a process of methodological doubt, he no longer agrees with the process of declaring truth and knowledge through senses. At any moment he could be dreaming, or his senses could be deceived either by God or by some evil demon, so he concludes that he cannot trust his senses about anything. Although, he does realize that despite the possibility of being deceived, he knows not to …show more content…
Regardless of our fears as humans or even Descartes as a philosopher, putting all paranoia aside, God is the only one that allows us to make our choices by ourselves. Our knowledge is something that is developed through our process of evolving as human beings, and God allows us to pick and choose what we do and do not believe. He does not manipulate our minds to believing what he wants us to believe. Descartes proves through his article that there is a God due to the fact that we cannot exist without a force that is maintaining our very own existence. If we existed without a God, that would mean that we would have created ourselves. Which leaves us with no possible way to have doubts because how can we doubt ourselves if we are our own creator who gave ourselves the knowledge of what it is to be true. The creator, who is God, is almighty and perfect, and is the one who has given us the clarity of all that we do throughout our lives. He is the only one who will never be deceitful in our minds because of his perfectness. He is the only creator with the power to give us clarity, knowledge and truth in our