Meditation 3: Clear and Distinct perceptions

The meditator in this begins to review what he already had learned. He is doubtful of the existence of bodily things but is certain that he exists and that he is a thinking thingthat doubts, understands, wills, imagines, and senses. He clearly and distinctly percieves that he is a thinking thing. He could not be certain of this fact unless all clear and distinct perceptions are certain. Therfore, he continues on by saying that whatever is percieved distinctly and clearly is true. He admits that he percieves ideas of material object, but concludes he was wrong to infer from these ideas that his perception could inform him of the things themselves. He then says that he is certain of arimetic and geometry although he cannot be absolutely certain since God may be decieving him and looks into the nature of God.
--Chris Rehonic