25.2.07

meditation V

Descartes regards himself as limited and imperfect

his conception of himself entails its negation - limitlessness and perfection

but he regards himself as an existing thing -

existence it would seem is a characteristic of limited imperfect entities -

it would seem to follow

that a limitless perfect entity - God

on Descartes' argument does not exist

for existence is not to be associated with perfection -