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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge

3630	Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes]
	Full Idea: You can't prove that Praxiteles never made any statues on the grounds that he did not get from within himself the marble from which he sculpted them.
	From: René Descartes (Reply to Fifth Objections [1641], 362)

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

6375	The taste of chocolate is a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness [Polger]
	Full Idea: The taste of chocolate is presumably a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness.
	From: Thomas W. Polger (Natural Minds [2004], Ch.1.4)
	A reaction: An interesting distinction when it comes to what they are like, and whether two very different brains can realise them. Sweetness might be the same for most creatures, but the tast of chocolate subtly different.