Single Idea 2634

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof]

Full Idea

Let us take it as agreed that we have a preconception or "an innate idea" (as I have called it) or a prior knowledge of the divine.

Gist of Idea

It seems clear to me that we have an innate idea of the divine

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], I.44)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.88