Descartes is a rational thinker and he rationalizes through his studies that nothing in the world is known. ... It is quite apparent from this passage, that Descartes had accepted and embraced the idea of G-d long before he even began to question it. ... Descartes clearly states that he perceives it to be quite necessary to question everything in the world around him, and that we should never believe anything we learn from our senses. ... If at every instance of life we questioned reality and could not just relax and take in the moment, life may not be worth living because happiness would al...

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Every aspect of experience begs this question, how do I know this is real? ... Descartes was in favor of this theory. ... This suggests that yes, through methodological doubt I may question most of my every day experiences. ... Plato, like Descartes, was not an empiricist. ... We are mere sheep, following each other further into the trap, being deceived by whoever is in front of us, and as Plato warned, the only way to get out is to study philosophy. ...

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In my life on this planet I have come to question many things that many take on as blind faith. ... Fortunately, there are some of us who tend to question the why's and how's that come before us. ... Aquinas made me question my non-belief with his argument for the existence of God. ... There are many great individuals who have spent a vast amount of time in studying the Bible. Great minds like Socrates, Plato, Paley, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Descartes have made arguments for the existence of God. ...

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