This work begins by supposing that all sense-data around him may be corrupt because the author might be deceived by an evil demon.
In his Philosophy Interpreted According to the Order of Reasons, Martial Gueroult interpreted this text as a diptych whose right panel depicts a point of light fighting against the "principle of universal deception." Near the end of this work's fifth part, the author claims that while looking at a proof of a triangle that all of its three sides sum to two right angles, he has a hard time believing it is true, but while not looking at the proof, he can summarily think that it is true. Another portion contemplates why (*) God can exist if there is room for "error," which this work attributes to a conflation between the cognition and free will. The author tries to define what a piece of wax is by defining its properties in another part. This work begins by supposing that all sense-data around him may be corrupt because the author might be deceived by an evil demon. For 10 points, identify this set of six works by Rene Descartes.
In his Philosophy Interpreted According to the Order of Reasons, Martial Gueroult interpreted this text as a diptych whose right panel depicts a point of light fighting against the "principle of universal deception."
{Meditations} on First Philosophy