artes, armed with his clear and distinct test discovers that he has certain knowledge that God exists3 Proofs1) The idea of God must come from a reality that is at least as perfect as the idea2) -I exist as a thing that has an idea of God -Everything that exists has a cause that brought it into existence and that sustains it in existence -The only thing adequate to cause and sustain me, a thing that has an idea of God, is God -Therefore God existsA thing needs a cause to be sustainedGod is invoked by Descartes as the cause of him3)-My conception of God is the conception of a being that posses all perfections -Existence is perfection -Therefore I cannon conceive of God as not existing -Therefore God existsOntological Everything ElseOnce Descartes was able to prove God exists he felt he could believe what he first doubtedIf God is supreme good, he/she is incapable of deceit If God is incapable of deceit, the reality of the world can be accepted because God would not have us perceive a world that did not, in fact, exist....
