"35. Idea of God- For it is infinity which, joined to our ideas of existence, power, knowledge, (etc.), makes that complex idea whereby we represent to ourselves, the best we can, the Supreme Being. For though in his own essance, which certainly we do not know (not knowing the real essance of a pebble, or a fly, or of our own selves), God be simple and uncompounded;..."
Locke tries to better explain the idea of God, the Supreme ruler. He says that we'll never really know what his real essance, or providing, he has for us. To compare it to a better phrase, its like growing older. You never know what you had when you were younger until its taken away from you.
Locke says that we use all our capabilities to help better understand the idea of God, but that it is very complex.
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i think that the idea of God can never be explained well enough. Locke says that there is no god for the fact that we can't prove it. whereas Descartes argues that God is the creator of everything. God is in our knowledge. We learn things about him and his creations. its something that we just can't prove, for instance like a spirit within us, as you mentioned in your other blog.
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