Descartes’ eternal truths, created and un created

Abstract

This article considers Descartes’ doctrine of eternal truths, in connection with the status of the principle of no contradiction. It is shown that the rear created and uncreated eternal truths; the former are eternal truths about creatures and the se truths are the object of divine will, while the latter are the truths about God him self, which are founded in his existence, so he can not change them. Concerning the question whet her the principle of no contradiction is a created or a no created eternal truth, different Descartes’ claims on this subject, potentially incongruent, are pointed out. Based on the fact that this principle does not have absolute validity, the conclusion is that in Descartes’ metaphysics the status of the principle of no contradiction is not relevant, because God’s infinite power is in different to ward it.

Keywords

• eternal truths
• principle of no contradiction
• Francisco Suarez