Infinity in Descartes and the practical purpose of his philosophy

https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i42.3173

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Published: Jan 15, 2016
Issue: No. 42 (2016): Praxis Filosófica No. 42 enero-junio 2016
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Julio Armando Morales Guerrero
Abstract
Descartes’ concept of the infinite refers to the categories of substance and quantity; it’s different to modern mathematical theories of the continuum, related with quality. Cartesianism is based on an infinite which is God; the infinite supposes God and cogito is a consequence of God; this idea explains the world and its intelligibility. Human life is sui generis as goes by between the finite and the measureless infinite; also it is realized because necessity and freedom. This man’s vision takes Descartes to find out the truth with the practical purpose to live as well as possible.
Keywords
  • God
  • infinite
  • finite
  • certainty
  • moral doctrine.
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Morales Guerrero, J. A. (2016). Infinity in Descartes and the practical purpose of his philosophy. Praxis Filosófica, (42), 203–217. https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i42.3173
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