Single Idea 3612

[catalogued under 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity]

Full Idea

That the things we grasp very clearly and very distinctly are all true, is assured only because God is or exists, and because he is a perfect Being.

Gist of Idea

Clear and distinct conceptions are true because a perfect God exists

Source

René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §4.38)

Book Reference

Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.58