Friday, March 7, 2008

Descartes Meditations Part 4

"... I certainly understand that error as such is not something real that depends upon God, but rather is merely a defect.. it just so happens that I make mistakes because the faculty of judging the truth, which I got from God, is not, in my case, infinite."

I agree with Descartes when he states these thing, but at the end he says, "... in my case...". I think that this applies to everyone, not just him. Error is within the nature of humans. Everyone has errors and flaws. I, personally, believe that error is a sin, but it is a sin that we must live with because of the choices of our biblical ancestors. This sentence, to me, as a lot of religious referencing. God had a plan for us to live perfectly, but that plan was quickly changed because of Eve and the apple from the Tree of Knowledge. Error and sin has a lot to do with truth and knowing right from wrong. If everyone knew everything, as far as, the truth I think that there would be a lot less error.     

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