PHILOS 1 Chapter 4: Fourth Meditation
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All of the meditato(cid:396)"s (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)t: most certain knowledge that god exists. God cannot deceive the meditator: the will to deceive is a sign of weakness or malice. God"s pe(cid:396)fe(cid:272)tio(cid:374) does (cid:374)ot allow weakness/malice: god created the meditator and is responsible for her judgement. The meditato(cid:396)"s fa(cid:272)ulty of judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e i(cid:374)falli(cid:271)le as lo(cid:374)g as she uses it correctly. When the meditator is wrong, it is not the result of some faulty faculty created by god. It is the result of her non-being/lack of perfection: the meditato(cid:396)"s fi(cid:374)ite (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g lea(cid:448)es (cid:396)oo(cid:373) fo(cid:396) e(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:396) If god is a perfect creator, god should be able to create perfect beings: god could have made it so that the meditator would never err, meditato(cid:396) says god"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d (cid:396)easo(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)p(cid:396)ehe(cid:374)si(cid:271)le to fi(cid:374)ite (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs. (cid:862)the lo(cid:396)d (cid:449)o(cid:396)ks i(cid:374) (cid:373)yste(cid:396)ious (cid:449)ays(cid:863: rather than look at an isolated part of the universe (imperfect humans), the.
