Descartes a man of intelligence and many talents believed that true knowledge came from with the mind and that through self reflection and individualization could more knowledge be gained and built upon to create a structure that would support further ideas Through Descartes s own mental evaluation to gain a greater knowledge Descartes wrote the Six Meditations Within the six of the meditations Descartes forms a durable structure which he begins to lay down his propositions so that he can build upon his knowledge and eventually allow it to grow and expand Eventually Descartes would form the basis for what modern philosophy would ultimately consist of in the end In the First Meditation Descartes begins to usher in his use of Skepticism in his beliefs Descartes begins his base for his knowledge by using doubt as his method Descartes uses this method to allow doubt within his beliefs and discarding the beliefs that he believes are full of doubt Along with his beliefs Descartes is very strict with what he is allowing in to his doubt method and including matters which are not entirely certain and indubitable than from those which appear to me manifestly to be false and rejecting them if even an ounce of doubt is suspected to be within it
