Analysis Of Meditation I By Rene Descartes

Meditations I is written by Descartes. Descartes is a Greek philosopher who wrote Meditations I in 1639. Meditations I is part of a set of six Meditations and the full title of Meditations is actually Indiscernibility Skepticism Meditations on First Philosophy. During the time that Descartes was alive Galileo discovered that Earth was not the center of the universe, and in fact Earth actually rotated around the sun, not the other way around. This made everyone question their former beliefs, especially Descartes. Galileo’s discovery prompted Descartes’s deep thoughts that led to Meditations. Meditations I is all about Descartes exploring the question “What is knowledge?’. He wants to secure a structure of beliefs that can create a foundation that is strong and pure. At the end of Meditations I, Descartes comes to the conclusion that knowledge cannot be gained through the senses and we cannot even trust our minds. Meditations I is not written like …show more content…
His new experiment is to pretend that some kind God or Deity did not create him, but instead an evil demon has and this evil demon spends all of his effort trying to deceive Descartes. So in order to find out what is true knowledge is Descartes goes back to the fact that he must stop believing in the preconceived notions of others and again think that nothing is real. Not even his own hands, since he cannot know what the evil demon is making him think he sees. He finally throws away all of his beliefs. But this task is far too contemplated and tiring, so Descartes states that he will fall back into his former beliefs and save tis for another day (another Meditations). Although, falling back into his former beliefs and opinions will not dispel the darkness that accompanies his beliefs and the difficulties that Descartes has raised within Meditations