René Descartes

1596 - 1650 CE
 French Fan of
philosopher Galileo
Practicing Galilei
Catholic

“To the most wise and

Meditations illustrious the Dean
and Doctors of the
on Sacred Faculty of
Theology in Paris.”
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the Religion
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 FEATURES OF THE TOPIC

MARS 01 JUPITER
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place 03 It’s the biggest planet
in our Solar System

MERCURY
It’s the closest planet to 02
the Sun VENUS
04 Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
WHAT IS THIS TOPIC
ABOUT?
MARS
Despite being red, Mars is actually a
cold place. It’s full of iron oxide dust,
which gives the planet its reddish cast

VENUS
Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun. It’s
terribly hot, even hotter than Mercury
 “Cogito Ergo Sum”

“I think; therefore, I am.”

— René Descartes
GOD
God must exist

Perfect God includes

existence

Idea of perfect God

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 Radical Dualism
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