Desctares and the Six Meditations
... In 1637, Rene Descartes wrote The Discourse on Methods and on The Meditations, which were written based on the epistemological theory of rationalism and the theory of metaphysics ( ). ... Throughout this book, there were six discourses and six meditations. Descartes wrote The Meditations in the form of a daily journal/diary entry. In each journal entry, he would refer back to the last entry reflecting on his formed concept and ideas of a specific thought or notion that he proposed, for through these meditations his goal was have knowledge of things that exist. ... In the six and final meditation, Of the Existence of Material Things, and the Real Distinction between the Soul and the Body of Man, Descartes wants to find certainty in the idea that things exist outside of him.