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I belive it was that the idea of God could not have originated in us so something external (i.e. God) put it in us. In other words, we would not have the idea of God if God himself did not exist.
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Aye, that's it.
The way he put it was, since us humans are clearly not perfect, we cannot possibly cocneive perfection. Yet, we have the conception of a perfect being: God. Since this cannot originate from us imperfect beings, it has to come from a prefect being: God.
I agree that the lenght he would go to "proof" God's existence is darn sketchy, but don't put Descartes down, he was a genius of his time. The logics behind his reasoning (especialy for his first law) is amazing, he put the logics behind philosophy to a new level. Don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of his laws/proof when explained in a nuthsell, the whole thing IS mind-boggling (and headache inducing, too
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