Status Updates From Méditations métaphysiques

“For this reason, I procrastinated for so long that I would henceforth be at fault, were I to waste the time that remains for carrying out the project by brooding over it. […] At last I will apply myself earnestly and unreservedly to this general demolition of my opinions.” (p.13) (Part 2 of 2)
Oh, Descartes. Perfectionism and fear of initiating a creative and critical project was as apparent then as ever.

“I realized that once in my life I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from the original foundations […] But the task seemed enormous, and I was waiting until I reached a point in my life that was so timely that no more suitable time for undertaking these plans of action would come to pass.” (p.13) (Part 1 of 2)

Based on my reading of Descartes’ “Letter of Dedication,” “Preface to the Reader,” and “Synopsis of the Following Six Meditations,” his objective and method for demonstrating the existence of God and the Human Mind, and the distinction between the mind and body, is audacious. Rather than basing his rationale in theology, he attempts to demonstrate their existence from a philosophical, scientific point.