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Full Idea
I make mistakes because the faculty of judging the truth, which I got from God, is not, in my case, infinite.
Gist of Idea
Error arises because my faculty for judging truth is not infinite
Source
René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §4.54)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.134
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2278 | Error arises because my faculty for judging truth is not infinite [Descartes] |
2277 | Since God does not wish to deceive me, my judgement won't make errors if I use it properly [Descartes] |
3636 | God didn't give us good judgement even about our own lives [Gassendi on Descartes] |