Paying particular attention to Meditations II, V and VI, this article will explore the role of the imagination as examined by Descartes. In the second meditation, Descartes believes that the imagination and the senses deceive him, and that the nature of bodies is perceived by the intellect as opposed to the imagination. In the body of this article, the introduction of his wax argument will serve as support for this awareness. Furthermore, in the sixth meditation, Descartes makes the argument that imagination depends on something outside of us and is therefore not essential. The means by which he achieved such a position will be explored through the relationship between imagination and understanding. Through a critical analysis of Descartes' reasoning, this article will explore the different approaches that led him to his conclusion at the end of the sixth meditation that imagination does not deceive him and is therefore to some extent necessary. In the second meditation, Descartes reaches his first blind spot regarding the validity of the imagination. He was able to prove that from the previous meditation, he exists because his thoughts cannot be separated from himself and therefore, he exists as long as he is able to think. So, while Descartes now knows with certainty that he exists, he has reached the dilemma of the self. “What is the self and where does knowledge of its existence come from? » Descartes makes the following claim by asserting that self-understanding and how it can be understood cannot be understood through the imagination. “I know that I exist, and I ask: what is this me that I know? My knowledge cannot depend on the things that exist... middle of paper ...... as ultimately being able to reach a conclusion that imagination can be trusted. It was through his examination of the senses and the self that Descartes was able to arrive at a definitive answer. His doubts and questions led him to the only plausible answer, namely that to a certain extent we need imagination because it is part of our nature. Descartes explored the different relationships that exist between the senses, imagination and understanding and while clarifying them, there is still one thing to bring to light. It is only by questioning and doubting our judgments (provided by sense perception) that we avoid error, "but as daily pressures do not always allow us to pause and check with With much care, we must admit that human life is vulnerable to error about particular things, and we must recognize that the weakness of our nature” ( 35).