Descartes reasoned himself into a small box in which he believed that only a God and his mind existed. He doubted many things, but he could not doubt his own existence and the existence of a God that could control his perceptions (Mitchell 233). He believed that only his mind existed and everything else was fulfilled with perceptions of that mind; this is a concept known as solipsism (Mitchell 231). Descartes argued that if he was thinking, therefore he exists and if he exists then a God must exist; this god was believed by Descartes to be powerful and in charge of everything and everyone. He believed that there ought to be someone bigger than him who he could ask questions to. Moreover, this powerful God has the power to deceive us. Nevertheless,
