Descartes

If anyone understands Descartes I could sure use some help....I'm struggling with the 4th Meditation...and wondering why the "error" and the fact that it exists seems such a big problem for Descartes...if anyone could answer this I'd be most grateful. Thank you for your time.

Difficulty with Descartes' Meditations

If anyone out there understands the meaning of this sentence I need your help: "The cause of an idea must have at least as much formal reality as the idea has objective reality."....please decipher this for me...if you can, thank you for your time.

Need help with Descartes 2nd Meditation

There is a phrase in Descartes 2nd Meditation ... "this I whom I know" can you explain to me in what way sensation is involved in this phrase? Thank you for your time.

Descartes...6th Meditation...can't decipher what this means

Hello: My problem is with a quote in Descartes Sixth Meditation where he writes: "Nature teaches that I am present in my body not merely in the way a sailor is present in a ship"...I'm clueless...what does he mean by this?

What exactly are we referring when we talk of the Systematic Treatises of Aristotle?

What exactly are we referring when we talk of the Systematic Treatises of Aristotle? Does Aristotle's writings impact us today? Explain and name the different genres (e.g. logic, etc.) in your discussion. Can you provide me with a basic outline of the three genres of Aristotle's writings as well as the divisions within the groups to help me see the big picture?