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Cartesian Circle:According to Dr. Stephen Daniel, the circle is avoided simply byrecognizing that the apprehension of the infinite (God’s existence) iscontained in the intuition of one’s own existence as finite.Peter Kreeft claims that Pascal cuts the Cartesian knot by stating that torely on reason is an act of faith, not of reason. Therefore, reasonpresupposes faith.One critique of Pascal’s argument stating that to rely on faith rather thanreason is to ignore <strong>Descartes</strong>’ emphasis on intuition (which does notrequire an appeal to faith).101

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