Part one of term paper
With the age old question discussing the existence of god Descartes begins the Fourth Meditation in clear defense of his existence. Descartes proves the existence of God through the mere fact that he, the author, has an idea within him of the existence of a higher power that this power must indeed exist. Of course, reading the previous mediat ...

Part two of term paper
... god who allows evil to exist by attacking not the actual idea of evil but by dissecting the reasons for error. In defense of God's pefection, however, Descartes maintains that God is perfect and thus would not create imperfect beings; hence man as well is perfect. To elucidate on this point the author states that perfection for mankind is perfect knowledge of the world; however mankind errs. Descartes attributes this error to the fault of mankind not fully grasping our own faculties. In his fou ...