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Descartes Response To Arnauld

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In the fourth set of objections Arnauld claims the descartes is engaging in the a vicious circle in regards to reason that the basis on which establish what we clearly and distinctly perceive is true is because of god exists and that we can only be creating that god exist because we clearly and distinctly perceive this idea. Thus in order to Clearly and decry perceive an idea to be true god must exist but for god to exist we must clearly and silty perceive the idea of god. This's are question circularity pertaining to the proof of god is again Brough into question in the fifth objection. In Descartes response to both of these he refers the objector back to replies three and four to the second set of objections presented by Mersenne. Descartes
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