Part IV
After establishing the cogito, Descartes generalizes: 'the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly are all true,' though noting the difficulty of recognizing which ideas are truly distinct.
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From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Whatever we conceive very clearly and very distinctly is true—the general rule derived from the certainty of the cogito.
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