An idea from Meditations on First Philosophy

From here comes a working rule: whatever you see very clearly and distinctly is true. The rule still has a gap. A powerful God could have made you wrong even about 2 plus 3. Until you know whether such a God exists and could deceive, nothing is safe.

From Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

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