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3.What was Descartes Causal argument for the existence of God?

(1) Descartes Causal argument for the existence of God

(2) There must be at least as much actual reality in the cause of an idea as there is objective reality in the idea itself.

(3) Only an infinite substance would have sufficient actual reality to account for the objective reality of the idea of an infinite substance.

(4) I am a finite substance

(5) Therefore there must exist some other substance which is both infinite and the cause of my idea.

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