Abstract
Overall, I verify that Descartes by having idea of a salamander does not prove that salamander exists. In the thesis, I suggested that Descartes premises used for the idea of God cannot also confirm that salamander exists. I structure the paper putting each point into each paragraph, including the conclusion at the end stating each point again. I pointed out three premises from Descartes¡¦ prove of God¡¦s existence to support my answer. First, the idea of how God is infinite and salamander is finite. Second, the idea of how God would have more objective reality then the idea of a salamander, because God is more perfect then a salamander. Lastly, the idea of how our idea of God is innate and the idea of salamander is not.
God VS Salamander
I do not believe that Descartes by having the idea of a salamander would prove that a salamander really exists, because by just simply having the idea of salamander dose not mean that it truly exist. Although the idea of God and the idea of salamander would have came from the mind of Descartes, however, Descartes proved that God exists by his premises, but these premises, since they are used to prove God¡¦s existence, would not operate the same way for the idea of salamander.
If I were to compare salamanders to God, the premises Descartes used to prove that God exist dose not act on salamanders. One of Descartes¡¦ premises of God is that God is an idea of a perfect being, something infinite. As stated in the Third Meditation, God is ¡§eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, and the creator of all things that exist apart from him¡K¡¨(Descartes, p.156), but the idea of a salamander did not give us that idea. Or, if I express it ...