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Full Idea
I have tried to find in general the principles or first causes of everything which is or which may be in the world, ..without taking them from any other source than from certain seeds of truth which are naturally in our minds.
Gist of Idea
I aim to find the principles and causes of everything, using the seeds within my mind
Source
René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §6.64)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.80
9343 | To achieve pure knowledge, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things with the soul [Plato] |
3617 | I aim to find the principles and causes of everything, using the seeds within my mind [Descartes] |
5571 | Reason contains within itself certain underived concepts and principles [Kant] |
12418 | In long mathematical proofs we can't remember the original a priori basis [Kitcher] |
9342 | Understanding needs a priori commitment [Horwich] |
9160 | Lots of propositions are default reasonable, but the a priori ones are empirically indefeasible [Field,H] |
17714 | Aristotelians dislike the idea of a priori judgements from pure reason [Mares] |