Descartes didn’t want to have the same fate as Galileo so he did not confront the church directly with his findings. He believes in God but also believes that there is a link between him and philosophy. At this point in history, the church put the fear of God into everyone. People had to agree with the church on everything. People were expected to not stray away, like Galileo, and discover the world in a different manner. Descartes wanted to bring the church and philosophers together, and wrote a letter of dedication. He addressed the letter to the wisest and most distinguished men, the dean and doctors of the faculty of sacred theology of Paris. He eventually included it in his book titled Meditations on First Philosophy in which the existence
