From the second axiom he deduces the objectivity or “cause exemplaire” of his idea of a perfect being; and his proof seems at least more clearly put than by Descartes.
From the idea of a perfect being, Descartes immediately deduced the truth of his belief in an external world, and in the inferences of his reason.
Existence is necessary to perfection; hence, a perfect being, or God, cannot be conceived without necessary existence.
A man or woman without benevolence is not a perfect being; they are only a deformed personality of true manhood or womanhood.
Illustration] Man is a wonderful union of mind and body, and to form a perfect being a high degree of cultivation is required for each component part.
Fall" of Man necessary to account for the imperfections of work of a Perfect Being, 685-l.
There is but one substance self-existent, eternal, necessary, and that is the absolutely Infinite all-perfect Being.
A non-existent all-perfect Being is as inconceivable as a quadrilateral triangle.
He argues that necessary existence is as essential to the idea of an all-perfect being, as the equality of its three angles to two right angles is essential to the idea of a triangle.
He again reasons thus in his 'Principles:' We have the idea of an all-perfect being in the mind, but whence do we derive it?
Overlooking the paralogism, let us grant that he has the idea of a perfect being, and go on to the question of how he came to possess it.
To argue, as he does, that the idea of a perfect being, in his mind, can be explained only by its proceeding from such a being as its creator is already sufficiently audacious.
Returning to his postulate of universal doubt, our philosopher argues from this to an imperfection in his nature, and thence to the idea of a perfect being.
Take away existence from among the elements in the idea of a perfect being, and the idea becomes either the idea of a nonentity or the idea of an idea, and not the idea of a perfect beingat all.
A sudden and irresistible judgment refers this to the necessary, infinite, perfect being.
Hence desiring reason culminating in beliefs relating to imperfect existence, stands forever in contrast with passionless reason functioning in pure knowledge, logically complete, of perfect being.
Desire is but the self-consciousness of defect striving to its own termination in perfect possession, through perfect knowledge of perfect being.
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