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Descartes' Philosophy: The Relationship Between Objective Reality and Formal Reality - Pro, Study notes of Introduction to Philosophy

Descartes' philosophy and the idea that if the objective reality of one of his ideas is too big for him as a thinking being to have caused, then he must conclude that something with greater formal reality exists. This concept is significant in understanding descartes' metaphysical beliefs.

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If the objective reality of one of Descartes’ ideas is so big that the formal reality of Descartes as a
thinking thing could not have caused the objective reality of one of Descartes’ ideas, then Descartes is
certain that something with more formal reality must exist that could have caused the objective reality
of one of Descartes’ ideas.

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If the objective reality of one of Descartes’ ideas is so big that the formal reality of Descartes as a thinking thing could not have caused the objective reality of one of Descartes’ ideas, then Descartes is certain that something with more formal reality must exist that could have caused the objective reality of one of Descartes’ ideas.