Leibniz says, "since there is in ourselves being, unity, substance, duration, change, action, perception, pleasure, and a thousand other objects of our intellectual ideas," we can conclude ...
A) that these ideas are innate in us.
B) that God has placed these ideas in us.
C) that these ideas came about through our sense perceptions.
D) achieving certainty in our beliefs is not possible.

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Leibniz believed in the concept of innate ideas, meaning that certain ideas and knowledge are already present within us at birth. He argues that the existence of certain ideas, such as being, unity, substance, duration, change, action, perception, and pleasure, cannot be explained solely by sense perception and must therefore be innate.

Leibniz Says, "Since There Is in Ourselves Being, Unity, Substance