Descartes Meditations Analysis

Descartes, a great philosopher in the 16th century, wrote a very popular book that was made up of six meditations. In the first meditation, Descartes discarded all his beliefs that were not certain, and then he tried to establish, from zero, what can be known for sure, such as the existence of God. Once he was done with the Meditations, Descartes sent them to experts, such as philosophers and theologists, before he published his book. He included their objections and his replies in the publication of his book.

Most of the objections that came up, reveal that some of the experts had misunderstood his mediation or misrepresented them. Descartes response to these objections was sometimes dismissive and even rude. Other objections were more powerful, and in some circumstances, hurt Descartes meditations. The following is an analyzation of Hobbes objections and Descartes replies, and whether or not Hobbes discredited Descartes meditations.

Thomas Hobbes, or Hobbes, was an English professor in the 17th century who is well known for his book Leviathan and his views on society and politics. Throughout his long life, he pursued truth and knowledge in a variety of subjects such as math, economy and ethics. His ideas influenced almost all of the Western thought especially in political philosophy. His historical

He stated that one cannot err unless the power of reasoning is given to those who sometimes err, such as humans. He noted that this was the reason why sticks and stones and other inanimate objects cannot err since they don’t have an imagination or the reasoning to do so (Jonathan Bennet). In addition, he argued that Descartes statement -- that errors depend on two things, the fact one knows he could error and the second, that it is freedom of will that allows him to so -- was invalid because Descartes assumed people had free will without proof, making his point