According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come from nothing. ... For Lucretius, "whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before.(46)" In the system of particulate matter discusse...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is an argument in which the premises provide reasons supporting the probable truth of the conclusion. ... And assuredly that, than which nothing greater can be conceived, cannot exist in the understanding alone. ... Therefore, if that, than which nothing greater can be conceived, exists in the understanding alone, the very being, than which nothing greater can be conceived, is one, than which a greater can be conceived. ... Why is there something rather then nothing? ... Whereas, a deductive argument is an argument in which the premises provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion. ...

• Word Count: 2432
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

And those truths are what Descartes is searching for. 2. ... He remarks that only one thing is certain that nothing is certain. ... Now Descartes can have perfect confidence believing that his intellectual faculties are properly demostrated for the apprehension of truth. 4. ... Descartes notes that any errors that he accepted in the past were the result of his own imperfections and limitations and not through an act of divine deception. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

First, Descartes introduces the notion that something cannot come from nothing. ... That is to say, what leads Descartes to believe this idea of perfection must come from something outside him, thus possessing more truth, rather than a fabricated idea? ... Even if one person out of a million decides against the clarity of something, it is rendered doubtful For the sake of further discrediting Descartes" clear and distinct proposal, let us say that it can be used as a way to gauge truth. ... Now, lets say we are created by God and therefore from God (note the distinction between "by God" and ...

• Word Count: 1600
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There are many arguments for and against the existence of a God. Some have been eloquently thought out and backed, others not so much. We hear constant ramblings and lectures of how everything began, why it is, and how to act from all sorts of perspectives around the world. The theological standpoin...

• Word Count: 2451
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School