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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
The wax is not perceived by the senses, but by the mind alone [Descartes]
We don't 'see' men in heavy clothes, we judge them to be men [Descartes]
Dogs can make the same judgements as us about variable things [Gassendi on Descartes]
Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
We perceive objects by intellect, not by senses or imagination [Descartes]