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Full Idea
Once I perceived that there is a God,…and that he is no deceiver, I then concluded that everything that I clearly and distinctly perceived is necessarily true.
Gist of Idea
Once it is clear that there is a God who is no deceiver, I conclude that clear and distinct perceptions must be true
Source
René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §5.70)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.149
A Reaction
spotted by Arnauld
3612 | Clear and distinct conceptions are true because a perfect God exists [Descartes] |
2290 | Once it is clear that there is a God who is no deceiver, I conclude that clear and distinct perceptions must be true [Descartes] |
3641 | It is circular to make truth depend on believing God's existence is true [Arnauld on Descartes] |
4524 | Descartes is right that in the Christian view only God can guarantee the reliability of senses [Nietzsche on Descartes] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
9355 | One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt] |
9161 | Maybe reasonableness requires circular justifications - that is one coherentist view [Field,H] |
11059 | Circular arguments are formally valid, though informally inadmissible [Hanna] |