In his Meditations, Descartes says that the motivation for his project was a desire to:

A. share his large store of knowledge with posterity.
B. rid himself of his many false beliefs.

C. set the sciences on a firm foundation.
D. Both A and C

E. Both B and C


Answer: E

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