Friday, March 7, 2008
Locke vs Descartes-God's layout
From Descartes book I have interchangeably learned that he does believe in god (which is the interchangeable part because sometimes it is unclear to me if he truly does believe or not), and that he puts blame on God for all of the imperfect people he has created, including himself. Now Locke on the other hand, strongly persuades me that God does exist. Speaking of God and how he has installed this light of will power and this yearning to be each a specific person, he says this, “…it yet secures their great concernments that they have light enough to lead them to their knowledge of their Maker, and the sight of their own duties” ( Chapter 1 -page 3). Locke is more on the fact that God does exist and that he put light into each of us enough to make us able to perform the tasks necessary to survive and be to each is own. Descartes gave me a different feeling, as to he is more concerned with how God has deceived us, and set us up as imperfect but set us on our paths all the same, which work identical from day to day from person to person. It appears to me that the two ideas really challenge each other. Descartes says that God sets us up to pretty much fail and be mislead all our lives, while Locke says that God has a path for everyone of us when we are born, and this path, whether it be of success or of poverty, is the one we were meant to follow. Descartes takes the misfortunes of life and takes them to heart as if he is really offended by this, Locke does just the opposite, and he accepts what has been chosen for us by “our Maker” and is willing to cooperate.
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i Found this to be the same way i felt. I also found that descarte was much less clear on the subject of God. Locke is much easier to decode. He talks about what he thinks and how he feels.
decartes was alot less clear on the subject. He was always saying one thing then changing it up. I found it interesting that you said that Decartes believes that God sets us up to fail. I didn't even realize he said that. I like Locke better with the God problem because he has his mind set that God does exist but he just is trying to discover if god is innate. I like your last sentence how you said Locke accepts what has been chosen for us by "our Maker" because that is exactly what I got out of this section!!
I agree with you. The way locke explains is a lot more persuasive then the way descartes used to talk about the god situations.
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