Read the excerpt below and answer the question. it remained, then, to conclude that it was put into me by a nature truly more perfect than was i and possessing in itself all the perfections of what i could form an idea—in a word, by god . . for if i had existed alone and independent of all other, so that i had of myself all this little whereby i participated in the perfect being, i should have been able to have in myself all those other qualities which i knew myself to lack. (discourse on method) the best inference from the passage is that god must exist because otherwise descartes, as an imperfect being, would not exist would be god would lack no advantageous qualities would have no knowledge of the idea of perfection the answer to this question is not b, i feel like it's d but i just want a second opinion

The answer is: would have no knowledge of the idea of perfection.

In this, Descartes´ famous proof of the existence of God, he makes the argument that, Descartes, being a man, that is to say, something that does not possess any of the qualities of perfection that God possesses, but being able to fathom an idea about God´s perfection, must mean that God not only exists, but that God himself instilled the idea of perfection in Descartes´s imperfect mind, for otherwise, an imperfect mind, by its imperfect nature, could not think something greater than itself.

Definitely D.

When he said ''For if I had existed alone and independent of all other so that I had of myself all this little whereby I participated in the Perfect Being I should have been able to have in myself all those other qualities which I knew myself to lack.''He saying that if god didn't exist there is no way he would know that he was imperfect.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)