Descartes posed a very interesting question in his work Discourse on Method; how can we validate our existence? According to Descartes, our ability to think confirms our presence in this world. He goes on to say that our “whole essence or nature” is independent of everything but our soul (Section 4). It is very difficult for me to imagine my soul as an independent unit. Growing up, I was taught to believe that every part of me coexisted and was in sync with each other. The idea of existing without a body is quite unsettling given my past understanding of this topic. In addition to exploring the idea of the body and the soul as two separate units, Descartes goes on to question the existence of elements like “…the heavens, the earth, light, heat” (Section 4). He claims that the existence of these elements solely depends on the existence of God. Without God, who Descartes describes as someone who has no imperfections, these elements would only exist through one’s imagination and senses. As Descartes so eloquently put, “trying-to-understand-through imagination is even more absurd than trying-to-hear-or-smell-with-the-eyes, because there is this difference: the sense of sight gives us much assurance of the reality of its objects as do the senses of smell and hearing, whereas our imagination and our senses could never assure us of anything without the aid of our understanding” (Section 4). According to Descartes’ philosophy, if we don’t believe in God then we can’t be 100 percent sure of the existence of everything around us. Even though I grew up in a very religious household where I was taught that God is the center of the universe, I do not necessarily agree with Descartes’ philosophy. I believe that everyone has imperfections and God is no exception to this rule. There isn’t a singular being that’s more perfect than another and to set that kind of expectation were one being is more powerful and perfect than another is almost inhumane.