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Similar to the Innate Knowledge thesis, the Innate Concept thesis suggests that some concepts are simply part of our rational nature. These concepts are [[A priori and a posteriori|''a priori'']] in nature and sense experience is irrelevant to determining the nature of these concepts (though, sense experience can help bring the concepts to our [[Consciousness|conscious mind]]).
In his book ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'',<ref>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/descartesmeditat00rend |url-access= registration |editor1-first= J. |editor1-last=Cottingham |year=1996 |orig-year= 1986 |edition= revised |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn= 978-0521558181 |title= Meditations on First Philosophy With Selections from the Objections and Replies }}{{snd}}The original ''Meditations'', translated, in its entirety.</ref> [[René Descartes]]
Adventitious ideas are those concepts that we gain through sense experiences, ideas such as the sensation of heat, because they originate from outside sources; transmitting their own likeness rather than something else and something you simply cannot [[Will (philosophy)|will]] away. Ideas invented by us, such as those found in [[mythology]], [[legend]]s and [[fairy tale]]s, are created by us from other ideas we possess. Lastly, innate ideas, such as our ideas of [[perfection]], are those ideas we have as a result of mental processes that are beyond what experience can directly or indirectly provide.
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