In Meditation I, Rene Descartes, talks about beliefs that he believed were true, but were those of falsehood. He also talks about deception and how he is always being deceived in the world. Rene, talks about getting rid of his worries and living peacefully in this article. He does this by justifying some of his beliefs that are false.
He has accepted many beliefs to be true, but yet they are very deceiving to him. Though, he cannot deny some of those beliefs because he himself knows they are true. He also talks about dreaming and how dreaming is connected to real things in life. Images you see in your sleep are like painted images, he says. Whether you are asleep or awake, things are always the same for example, one plus one will always be two and the sky will always be blue.
Rene says that we can be easily deceived even with simple things not just something difficul
t. Maybe God did not want to deceive him but instead, deceiving himself with his mind. Believing that something is true because that is what you want your mind to believe. It seems that who ever is deceived is slightly imperfect. Him always being deceived is increased which decreases the power of his creator. Rene believes that nothing he believed is beyond doubt. He has to be more careful with his beliefs and from obvious falsehood, if he wants to be certain of what is true or false.
Rene's plan is good, but he is lazy and his laziness stops him from continuing on to his meditation. Rene finds himself going back to his original life. Rene feels imprisoned and enjoys the illusion of freedom in his dreams. He realizes he is asleep and is afraid of waking up because he will awaken back to all his problems in his life. He would rather be asleep and enjoy everything peacefully.
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