1. Summarize the argument Descartes presents inthe First and Second Meditations toprove that he knows that he exists.

2. After proving that he exists as a thinking thing (mind)in the First and Second Meditations, Descartes goeson to prove that he knows material things exist as beingessentially "extended" things and uses a piece of wax example tomake his point. In about 2 paragraphs, explain how this waxexample is used by Descartes to show that he knows material objectsexist as "extended" things.