Evil demon
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title:
Evil demon
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The evil demon, also known as Deus deceptor, malicious demon, and evil genius, is an epistemological concept that features prominently in Cartesian philosophy. In the first of his 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes imagines that a malevolent God or an evil demon, of "utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me." This malevolent God or evil demon is imagined to present a complete illusion of an external world, so that Descartes can say, "I shall thin
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Concept in Cartesian philosophy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon
date created:
2004-07-03T02:30:25Z
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2024-09-04T18:11:09Z
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