The mind is not only capable of knowing [innate ideas], but… - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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The mind is not only capable of knowing [innate ideas], but further of finding them in itself; and if it had only the simple capacity to receive knowledge…it would not be the source of necessary truths…

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1 July 1646 {21 June O.S.} – 14 November 1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician.

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Alternative Names: Gottfried Wilhelm • Leibniz • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz • Freiherr Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz • Gottfried Leibniz • Leibnitz

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