Descartes' 'proof of God'
The French philosopher claimed to have proved that God exists. The Vatican demurred. This is how Descartes arrived at his 'proof'.
The French philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650) was born into a devout Catholic family, received a formal Jesuit education and joined the Catholic side in the Thirty Years’ War. He matured to produce what many thought (and some still think) the most persuasive case for the existence of God. How, then, was it possible that the pope banned his books, a…
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