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Jiang's label for Descartes' circular claim that God is perfect because God is good and good because perfect.
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tautology
Jiang's label for Descartes' circular claim that God is perfect because God is good and good because perfect.
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Descartes' proof that God is good is tautological, but his important move is making individual reason stronger than church, dogma, and society.
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"...logical sense. This is not logical. It's what we call a tautology."
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"Right. God is perfect. Therefore, I know God is good. God is good. Therefore, he's perfect. Okay. It makes no sense. But, what's important..."
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