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3637 | Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes] |
Full Idea: It is impossible to imagine that anything is thought of in the divine intellect as good or true, or worthy of belief or action or omission, prior to the decision of the divine will to make it so. | |
From: René Descartes (Reply to Sixth Objections [1641], 432) |