Descartes: The First and Second Meditations Rene Descartes begins Meditations on First Philosophy by explaining his basic purpose and how he plans on going about accomplishing this project. Descartes hopes to discover truth and justify human knowledge and belief. In order to find the fundamental truths of life, Descartes believes he must start from scratch so that he may discern truth from false beliefs. All of Descartes' beliefs, everything he has learned and grown to …showed first 75 words of 2454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2454 total…essence, we all exist because we are able to prove our existence. We can prove it through methods much like Descartes, by abandoning all tainted knowledge until we find that one "point." Also we are able to prove things do not exist on the same token. Inanimate objects cannot contemplate their existence because they lack the capability of thought. And those who can perceive cannot be fooled, because we have to exist to be tricked.