Friday, February 29, 2008
Descartes, in Meditation 5 discusses the quality that makes something true, or definite. That is, a 'thing' is not a 'thing' unless it obtains properties. For example, a triangle is a triangle because it has certain qualities that make it a triangle. It is not our senses that make it what it is. He discusses that essence of a thing.
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Descartes further mentions proof of the existence of God. Although God does not have any specific qualities that we observe through our sense, we do know that God does exist, therefore leaving existence as the one major property of God.
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