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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason

3617	I aim to find the principles and causes of everything, using the seeds within my mind [Descartes]
	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.
	From: René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §6.64)

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

3611	Understanding, rather than imagination or senses, gives knowledge [Descartes]
	Full Idea: Neither our imagination nor our senses could ever assure us of anything, if our understanding did not intervene.
	From: René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §4.37)