Comparing René Descartes And Martin Buber

Individuals in society have questioned if life ends at death, or whether there is a separate eternal life that begins when temporary life expires. They have also questioned if there is a universal or a supreme being that created the earth. People began to scrutinize, examine, and consider this as soon as they were exposed to the concept. Is an eternal being real? How can you believe in this idea? Why should I follow this eternal being? All of these questions, plus many more, have been examined throughout an individual’s lifespan. Some believers have advocated for a God through speeches, books, and even movies. Efforts have been made to prove the existence of a higher power in our lives. Philosophers have studied this and analyzed the world’s existence as well. The idea of a higher power is questioned and scrutinized in the works of René Descartes and Martin Buber.

12). He understood that there were countless deceivers in the world. The goal of the deceiver is to trick a human into believing something was true, even if it was not. Descartes (1999) noted that once something has deceived you once, it can never be trusted again under any circumstance. A major deceiver in an individual’s life is his or her senses (p. 12). In addition to the senses, beliefs can also be deceiving. Descartes (1999) expresses how some of these beliefs derived from the senses are undeniably true. One belief he refers to is his presence by the fire (p. 13). This belief is unquestionably true until he considers his thoughts while dreaming, because he is unsure whether he is awake or asleep (p. 13). According to Descartes (199), all of these deceivers are questionable; however, there is one being, God, that will not deceive us because he is “supremely good” (p.