# God — Philosophical Works character guide

> God in Philosophical Works by René Descartes.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Deity

**First appearance:** 0003-meditations-on-the-first-philosophy-in-which-the-existence-of-god-and-the-immortality-of-the-soul-are-demonstrated

## Who they are

The perfect being whose existence Descartes seeks to prove through clear and distinct ideas.

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