I believe that Descartes method first relates to being a mathematician. Mathematics has what is thought to be pure and concrete answers, where as life does not have concrete answers of existence and how to books. Descartes even says on page 31 "Above all I enjoyed mathematics, because of the certainty and self-evidence of its reasoning". In math a type of science you use the scientific method to prove your results, this method is what Descartes uses for the foundation

of his work. Working with the scientific method so much, spilt over to how he could apply it to his daily life. This method laid the foundation of the building blocks of Descartes' life. Brick by brick Descartes tried to prove the truth and the reality of God. By creating this foundation he was able to use it as a yardstick to measure each little detail of his work and to build the wall of his paradigm. One of Descartes most famous quotes is "I think, therefore, I am." Descartes comes to this conclusion of reality by first using doubt as the key to unlock the doors of truth. He found that we cannot trust our senses, for they often deceives us and it is hard to prove ourselves of the authenticity of things which emerge to correspond to our sensations. We cannot even be sure of the reality of our own bodies; perhaps we are dreaming that we have bodies. How can we know whether we are dreaming or awake? We may be entirely mistaken in believing what we see. Perhaps the world is only in the mind, in imagination. Everything may be doubtful. The only certainty seems to be that there is nothing cert

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