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Did Rene Descartes Exist

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Descartes in a way aims to proves that he exists by the fact that he is a thinking thing. From Descartes stand point, he thought that everything was an illusion and if it was an allusion he would not be able to think. He considered to be able to think as proof of existence. The ability to think can not just be some type of an illusion. Because Descartes had the idea of God, there must be a God to receive that idea from. The definition of God at such point of writing was "that greater than which can be conceived." In other words, something greater than you can imagine. When question wether Descartes himself is greater than he gives himself credit he concludes that he could add infinitely to his knowledge. He also says that sensing is not clear
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