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philosophical concerns. While many throughout time have agreed with him to one extent or another, there are some who feel his philosophies are lacking. One of these individuals was Jacques
Maritain. In his essay "The Dream of Descartes" Maritain argues that Descartes lacked any true philosophical stance. In the following paper we present a review of Maritains work, examining his
intention, his conclusions, and examining whether such conclusions are valid. The Dream of Descartes As mentioned, the primary argument of Maritain is that Descartes did not truly stand
by any particular philosophical thought or pattern. This is primarily seen through his focus on secularism. Maritain seemed to believe that any discussion of philosophy, aside from that which involved
God, was not a true form of philosophical thought, for all philosophical thought should include the understanding of Gods participation in mankinds existence. Now, this, it should be understood, is
only one of many perspectives which come from Maritain, and it is also a perspective that if often subtle in his work. In better understanding the Maritains intentions, in
particular the intention that illustrates Descartes thought was not true or perhaps pure, we must look at some of the conclusions he chooses to present. In the following we note
one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divine knowledge precedes things and measures them...makes them, our own knowledge is measured by things; and the least
thing, the tiniest grain of wheat is a resisting, consisting, subsisting reality, the intelligibility of which we shall never have ceased to drain" (NA). He argues, however, that Descartes felt
differently, providing us with an argument to support his, Maritains, notion of divine theory: "For Descartes, on the contrary, the senses have no knowledge value; they have only a pragmatic
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