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Full Idea
God is not to be blamed for giving puny man a faculty of judging that is too small to cope with everything, but we may still wonder why our judgement is uncertain, confused and inadequate even for the few matters he did want us to decide upon.
Gist of Idea
God didn't give us good judgement even about our own lives
Source
comment on René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §4.58) by Pierre Gassendi - Objections to 'Meditations' (Fifth) 314
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Meditations on First Philosophy etc.', ed/tr. Cottingham,John [CUP 1986], p.91
| 443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |
| 2277 | Since God does not wish to deceive me, my judgement won't make errors if I use it properly [Descartes] |
| 2278 | Error arises because my faculty for judging truth is not infinite [Descartes] |
| 3636 | God didn't give us good judgement even about our own lives [Gassendi on Descartes] |