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"All these attributes [of God] are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that the idea I have of them could have originated from me alone. So from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists" (Meditation 3). Assess Descartes's argument. By Meditation three Descartes has established the following: that he cannot rely on the information obtained by his senses and that he is a thinking thing. From his finding, he can be sure of the existence of himself, or at least his mind, because as long as he thinks he exists. Using this logic to build upon, he can discover a belief in others, beginning with God. His argument uses deductive reasoning and at first, it is difficult to find flaw in. the basis of the argument, the foundations that hold it together - such as the 'idea' of...

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