A PROVA DA EXISTÊNCIA DE DEUS EM DESCARTES EM RELAÇÃO AO PENSAMENTO MEDIEVAL DE SÃO TOMÁS DE AQUINO

Abstract

This article aims to discuss, reflect and evaluate the importance of the study of God’s existence. The research presents a reflective and critical study of the philosophical paradigm that seeks to prove God’s existence based on Medieval and Modern Philosophy. This study is supported, in particular, by a medieval period theory: the first part of the Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

We also use the philosophical ideas of René Descartes from the Modern Period, found in his works: Discourse on Method and Metaphysical Meditations. Our task, based on that abovementioned perspective, is to emphasize the great advances that these two thoughts suffered throughout its construction, correlating them in a common point: the rational search for the evidence of God’s existence.