In paragraph 21, Descartes talks about the existence of God and how he is able to do anthing.
"How do i know that he did not bring it about that there is no earth at all, no heavens, no extended thing, no shape, no size, no place, and yet bringing it all about that all these things appear to me to exist precisely as they do now?"
Basically Descartes is doubting the fact that God created all these things that we see upon us. How do we no that there was no such thing as earth or heavens and that God created them? This may be the biggest doubt that Descartes has spoke about in the Meditations. If he believes that God is the creater of everything, why is he doubting it now?
".......be deceived every time I add two plus three or count the sides of a square, or perform an even simpler operation, if that can be imagined?"
In this quote, he imagines being deceived by simple things as two plus three or a square having only four sides. With this he explains how God is good and he shall not deceive him in such a way.
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Thats what I tried to figure out, but I mean you have to understand where he is coming from because he has been taught the belief in God for a very long time, and now that he sees you have to reason for everything, and in order to have reason you must have doubt and for him doubt GOD and his existence, he wants to find the reason for his existence.
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