Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of Existence

By Times of India

Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of Existence

The general rule we normally accept is: "All things which I perceive/conceive clearly and distinctly are true."

But one can easily raise the objection that: "Does God exist, is he a deceiver who gives us the sense of clear and distinct perceptions of unreal things?"

With respect to a clear and distinct idea, the intellect can only agree or withhold assent...it cannot assent to the opposite.

With respect to ideas not clearly and distinctly perceived or conceived, the will can assent when both assent and dissent are open to it.

God not being a deceiver, the material world is, as I clearly and distinctly conceives of it (though not corresponding to the unclear, indistinct, confused perceptions to which my 'will' assents).

The general rule is: It is sufficient that I am able clearly and distinctly to conceive one thing apart from another, in order to be certain that the one is different from the other. Thus I am entirely and truly distinct from my body.

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