The one innate truth in the world, on which we are going ot base all further knowledge - also called COGITO ERGO SUM
The WAX experiment
this experiment shows that bodies are not just part/result of our imagination, but basically individual intellect
the essence of somebody is their mind. Wihth mind percon can perceive and think
Descartes proves the objective reality - proves that God exist and he is not a deceiver
God is cause of our Ideas and God is the beginning of our mind as ideas cannot arise from nothing
People cannot be the source of the ideas of God as he is infinite and we are finit. He must have put this idea inside of us becuase he is a sprior creature
By the end of Meditation 1, everything in the world remains certain and unshaken. We have no reason to believe in anything - also Skepticism
Doubting all knowledge and all sensations in order to root out all knowldeg which isn't concrete
God is prefection - true perfection and infinite being - phe is way above people - they are somewhere between nothingness and mimperfection - finit
People cannot undestrand God's perfect being and this is why we see our wolrd as imperfect - we cannot see the bigger picture
People's will is greater than people's understanding, so people are prompt to make mistakes. We must follow our logic. Not our will
The universe is perfecr even though individual parts may be imperfect. It all comes down to seeing the bigger picture (being a perfect being
Some ideas are clear and distinct, they are created by God and are innate. we cannot disporve the existance.
Such ideas have an essence. This essence defines them. For example - a triangle has three sides. God's essence is that he is perfect and good. This further proves that God exists
our understanding is based on the previous real objects. which existed
Our understanding is more importnat tahn our imaginatio. an important argument here - 100 point figure argument.
if the material world exist - his body does too - so sensations exist as well
These sensations are real as God is not a deceiver, who plants them in our head.
The physical world exists but it isn't exactly the way we perceive it
mind and body are seperate but they intermingle in order to become one entirity