Sunday, March 9, 2008

Locke- "God II"

When reading Locke and having already read Decartes, I was trying to compare the two philosophers. I like how Locke is a def. believer in God. He is not quite sure yet, up to what I have read, as to how we are believers, but this is his challange and hopefully by the end we discover this. Decartes, on the other hand, was always back and fourth about God. First, he strongly believed in him, then he was unsure and was putting down the church, but covering it up. What Locke is trying to get to the bottom of in the "God Problem" is very interesting. He is trying to figure out if we are born as believers or if we mold ourselves as we listen and grow in our surroundings.

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