An idea from Meditations on First Philosophy

Without God, even a proof you remember but can’t replay right now could be doubted. With God as the guarantee, whatever you once saw clearly stays true. Critics called this a circle from the start: clear seeing proves God, and then God vouches for clear seeing.

From Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

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