Full Idea
All the items of knowledge that lie within the reach of the human mind are linked together with a marvellous bond, and can be derived from each other by necessary inferences.
Gist of Idea
All items of possible human knowledge are interconnected, and can be reached by inference
Source
René Descartes (unfinished dialogue [1649])
Book Reference
Cottingham,John: 'The Rationalists' [OUP 1988], p.7
A Reaction
It does seem that God ought to be able to infer all empirical facts from first principles. But how do you get started?