According to the meditator, there are three sources for ideas. Ideas can be innate, adventitious, or invented by us. Innate are ideas that are born in us. Adventitious ideas are those coming form the outside of us like our sensory perceptions. Ideas invented by us are like ideas of mermaids and unicorns. However, he is not sure of where the ideas come from and which come from where. However, he concerns himself with adventitious ideas and why he thinks they come from the outside. His will does not have any effect on adventitious ideas. For example, he says that when it is hot he cannot prevent himself from being hot through his will. He concludes by assuming that whatever outside source transmits adventitious ideas transmits its own likeness rather than something else.
-- Chris Rehonic
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I do agree that we have these three types of ideas in us. Sometimes we cant control our ideas because they have to do with our surroundings. Our will cant prevent outside sources from reaching us because it cant stop those ideas.
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