An idea from Meditations on First Philosophy

Your senses sometimes fool you about things far away or very small. It’s harder to doubt that you’re sitting by the fire in a dressing gown, holding a sheet of paper. Doubting that seems to put you with people who swear their bodies are made of glass.

From Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

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