Descartes Argument For The Existence Of God

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Descartes reconciles the fundamentally conflicting natures that lie within his passion for science while also retaining his deep faith in God. This is his argument for the existence of God. 1.What is necessarily continued in the concept of something is true of that thing. 2.The concept of God necessarily contains the concept of perfection. 3.For God to be perfect, God must exist. 4.So God exists. The first argument that Descartes states, in my opinion, is indubitably valid. The example given in class was the supplementary angles in an equilateral triangle will always equal 180 degrees. The intrinsic nature of the idea of an equilateral triangle lies within that fact. The second premise is where I begin to take issue and ultimately where