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rlane42

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Descartess first proof for the existence of God was based on the principle that
 
 

a. without God, life would be meaningless.
  b. the physical world had to have a first cause.
  c. the world exhibits design and purpose.
  d. a cause must be at least as great as its effect.



Question 2

The first thing that Descartes comes to know with certainty is that
 
 

a. he exists as a thinking thing.
  b. his body is absolutely real.
  c. God, the greatest possible being, exists.
  d. the laws of mathematics cannot be doubted.
 
 




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Answer to Question 1

d.

Answer to Question 2

a.





 

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