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    The senses cannot be a source of pure truth. — Carmelics
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    Supports→The mind must rely on God as the source of truth.

    The senses cannot be a source of pure truth.

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    The mind cannot rely on the senses to attain truth.The mind must rely on God as the source of truth.The physical world cannot be an object of pure truth.There is no other source beyond the senses except God for the mind to rely on.
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    In one stroke, this argument rules out the physical world as an object of pure truth, and rules out the senses as a source for that truth. It must be the mind, then, with which we attain truth, and that truth must be something beyond the sensible world. Plainly, the mind cannot rely on the senses. But what else is there? The conclusion we are invited to reach is that the mind must rely on God.

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