By understanding distinct existences, Descartes is then able to argue for the existence of himself as a thinking being and his body as a separate, non-thinking extension ( Descartes 167).” Even with the high degree of doubt and uncertainty implied here, the very fact that God is not a deceiver [and] if nature is considered in its general aspect, then by this term I mean nothing other than God. And by the In my particular nature I understand nothing other than the totality of the things given to me by God” (Descartes 168). At this point Descartes built his foundation on faith in the goodness of God to resolve the counterarguments encountered in his First