Why are certain things doubtful and not doubtful?

(Thus is not improper to conclude from this that phisics, astronomy, medicine, and all other desciplines that are dependant upon the consideration of composite things that are doubtful, and that, on the other hand, arithmetic, geometry, and other such disciplines, which treat of nothing but the simplest and most general things and which are indifferent as to wether these things do or do not in fact exist, contain something certain or indubitable.) the Meditator concludes, though he can doubt composite things like medicine, phisics and astronomy. The meditator cannot doubt the simple and universal parts from which they are constructed like shape, quantity, size, (arithmetic and geometry). The Meditator says weather his sleep or awake you can't doubt the arithmetic or geometry. It can't be possible that such facts can be a dream. In this part the meditator is trying to prove that not all is a dream, there are things that are real and that you cannot be decieve and be doubtful. That is probably why the meditator puts his dreams as dreams and than says certains things are not made to be dreams. This part is very confusing, many readers probably are confuse just like me.

What can be called real and what not?

( This would be all be well and good, were i not a man who is accustomed to sleeping at night , and to experiencing in my dreams the very same tthings , or now and then even be less plausible as these insane people do when they are awake. Neverthless, it surely must be admitted that the things seen during slumber are, as it were, like painted images, which could only had been produced in the likeliness of true things, and that therefore t least these genaeral things eyes, head hands and the whole body are not imaginary. ) The Meditator acknowledges that insane people might be more deceived, but that he is clearly not one of them. The Meditator has accepted that certain things are real and some are not. All of these things, he has learn through his senses. He acknowledges that sometimes the senses can deceive, but only with respect to objects that are very small or far away. The senses that we knowledge are quite real. The Meditator knows when his dreaming, he senses real objects. He has dreams that look real, because even if the person is dreaming, in real life the dreams that we experince we could make it true and real. In my opinion dreams are very decieving, they make the person think that they are actually awake. You could notice that when you see the person sweating, screaming, talking, jumping and many other more while they sleep. Have you ever had a dream that you thought it was not a dream?

a realization

after reading a little further into the meditation. i began to think and came to a sort of conclusion. it might be that Descartes is afraid or scared of questioning god, its as if he doesn't believe in him but at the same time does and is trying to seem respectful to his belief by calling his work "fictitious". "let us grant that everything said here about god is fictitious".

meditation part 1

if it were repugnant to his goodness to have created me such that i be deceived all the time, it would also seem foreign to that same goodness to permit me to be deceived even occasionally. But we cannot make this last assertion.

in this excerpt Descartes questions gods goodness. saying if he as god is so god why do people get deceived. Descartes questions if he himself at this very moment as he is writing is being deceived. is he a tool put to lie to his readers, maybe god is using him to question his existence.

Meditation 1

"But perhaps, even thought the senses do sometimes deceive us when it is a question of very small and distant things, still there are many other matters concerning which one simply cannot doubt, even though they are derived from the very same senses."

Decartes believe that everything that he had written are mostly true that he received from his senses or through the senses. He think that senses are sometimes deceptive, but if it is a question of very small and distant things than one can't be fooled.

Meditation part 1

Decartes had realized that he had been taken false opinions that is in his youth to be truth. He wanted to establish a firm and lasting foundation but that require him to start from the beginning. But all this time, he had be procrastinating.

"At last I will apply myself earnestly and unreservedly to this general demolition of my opionions. Yet to bring this about I will not need to show that all my opinions are false, which is perhaps something I could never accomplish. But resaon now persuades me that I should with hold my assent no less carefully from opinions that are not completely certain and indubitable than I would from those that are patently false. For this reason, it will suffice for the rejection of all these opinions, if I find in each of them some reason for doubt."

Decartes doesn't want to hide any of his opinions to the people, but he is also have thoughts that he wanted to express to them, but also afraid of their reaction of it being false. He knows that it is not completely accurate and will lead the readers to a completely different view.

descartes

...one cannot conceive a thing so well and make it ones own when one learns if from someone else as one can when one discovers it from one self. this is so true in this matter that although i have often explained some of my opinions to people with good minds, who , while i spoke to them, seemed to understand them quite distinctly, nevertheless, when they repeated them, i noticed that they had almost always changed them in such a way that i could no longer acknowledge them as mine.

Descartes is basically trying to say that even though some human being might be smarter them him. when he tries to convey his knowledge to them, they only get an idea from it, but not his full meaning, which in turn changes as that other person tries to pass it on.

Decartes part six the ending

In conclusion Decartes simply want to spend the rest of his life in acquiring knowledge. His success has put him somewhere beyond other accomplishments. Something that can be useful can also be harmful to others, If they were circumstances that puts the person into the position of not believing of successs. The achievements, that he has accomplish he is proud of, but not the awards he recieve, he has no desire of those. His always going to feel gratitute to those who appprecites , are open and have demands of his work. . These are the kind of people who are truthful and he always feel gratitute. In conclusion he basically wants people to be honest about his work, if there were something to criticize he would like that. This will show him that people have read his work and if he has to improve on something he would like the readers to tell him.

Decartes beginning of Part 6

This is the summary of part 6, page 1 ( One man cannot do everything on his own . There are some exceptions, like there are people who could get paid and believe in gaining more than he achieve. There are also some volunteers who desire to succed and offer to help, but there are some who make more promises than helping.The people with the desire meaninig the volunteers, they would like to get appreciate it, but they dont even get that. The other kind people are fully ungrateful and find the volunteers(craftsman) as wrong. They judge before getting to know them. Thats why if there is someone who knows how to appreciate, is capable of finding greater things. There will be other man who will join, but there have to be one who sets the example for the others to follow. That is why, you cannot make any promises or say something that you don't believe you are capable of doing.)

Decartes six 1

Decartes believe that it is possible to arrive at a knowledge of practical philosophy, that would be useful in life. We might be able to use these knowledges for a lot of other purposes.
In order to live carefree, you must maintain the principal for good health. It is the first good and fundation of all other goods of this life. Your mind and organs can't function properly without a good health. The key to good health according to Decartes is based on medical discovery. But Decartes believe that the study of medicine is so ranged that even the professionals today can't know it all. Certain people spend their entire life trying to figure out medicine, but end up dying of old age. That's why Decartes urge people to study science and pass the information down and continue the study with the next generation.

Decartes six

Decartes never demonstrated and never written anything that can turn to anyone's disadvantage. He believes that everyone have their own wiewpoint. Even though he might think that his point is the best, but the points that the others suggested probably will please them the most.

combination of part six of Decartes

Decartes believe that the principal of maintaining a good health is base on medicine. He believe that not even professionals know everything about medicines. Certain people might spend their entire life researching and still would come to the end of their finding.
by Ally Jiang
I once had to have certain writings published could imagine the reasons for which i am abstaining from doing so were more to my disadvantag than they are. For although i do not love glory excessively , if i dare say so, i hate it, in as much as i judge it to be contrary to the tranquility i esteem above all the things...still have i also never tried to hide my actions as if they were crimes, nor have taken many precautions so as not to known.(p. 42 line 72)I believe this means that the writer could write so many things that will make him succeed but yet he does not like the glory , but he has also never tried to be someone else , or tried to hide its actions, or that he never tried to becareful on the things that he is doing.
by Liz Meza
for it is truly to engage in battle when one tries to overcome all the difficulties and errors that prevent us from arriving at the knowledge of the truth, and it is truly to lose a battle when one accepts a false opinion touching on a matter that is at all general and important.i think that descartes is trying to say that it is hard to come to the truth and that if you want the truth you have to really search for it. Even though the truth is hard to find you cant just accept a false truth.
by Watler