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John Locke

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S6

Section 14 of 1,114

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To avoid this, it is usually answered, that all men know and assent to them, WHEN THEY COME TO THE USE OF REASON; and this is enough to prove them innate. I answer:

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Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition

Pour éviter cette Difficulté, les Défenſeurs des Idées innées ont accoûtumé de répondre, Que les Hommes connoiſſent ces véritez & y donnent leur conſentement, dès qu’ils viennent à avoir l’uſage de leur Raiſon : Ce qui ſuffit, ſelon eux, pour faire voir que ces véritez ſont innées.

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