Descartes hopes to find out what he can know for certain, without any doubt, about the world and nature.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy was created in 1641.
Rene Descartes
The Ontological Argument
Ethics plays no direct role in Descartes's MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY; first philosophy is about ontology and epistemology, not ethics. However, Descartes states in his letter of dedication that his motivation is to provide incentive for people to live better because "in this life there are often more rewards for vices than for virtues" [Cress translation]. .
Rene Descartes' most important published books include Discourse on Method (1637), Meditations on First Philosophy (1642), and Principles of Philosophy (1644).
The purpose of having an aim is to achieve it
the AIM's purpose is to help the native americans find jobs and schooling....
Descartes's major work is Meditations on First Philosophythe third of which deals with the existence of God as an 'effect'Rene' Descartes was a mathematician and idealist philosopher. His major impact on philosophy and religion was his ontological proof of the existence of God.
He knows that he has accumulated a number of false beliefs in his youth and he wishes to tear them all down and start anew with foundations that he knows for certain are true.
takhlit (תכלית) = purpose, aim, goal
Rene Descartes discoveries helped benefit mankind in many ways. His influence in mathematics is still used today in engineering, science, and every day life. His 'Meditations on First Philosophy' is a standard text at most university philosophy departments today.