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Scholastic Presumpttions of Descartes' Proofs of God's Existence in Meditationes de Prima Philosophia
ŠPAČEK, Ondřej
The work deals with the examination of traditional scholastic presumptions, which are contained in Descartes{\crq} doctrine of proofs of God{\crq}s existence formulated in writing Meditationes de prima philosophia. The first part of the work examines two a posteriori proofs. First, they{\crq}re both described and in another part of the work is shown, what traditional presumptions are contained in them. We{\crq}re finding most influences in the domain of causality, where Descartes picks from his ancestors a part of doctrine of simultaneity of causes, per se efficient causes and agrees with theory of imposibility of infinite regress of causes, which in principle even supplements. In the second part of the work, which examines the ontological proof of God, is shown that for clear understanding of this theory is necessary the doctrine of distinction of reason, which was formulated by Francisco Suárez. Without this framework, Descartes{\crq} ontological argument leads to many problems and nonsenses.
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