On which of the following points would Plato and Descartes likely have agreed?
A) There is no such thing as "innate knowledge."
B) Knowledge is acquired through experience alone.
C) Children are born as "blank slates."
D) Knowledge does not rely on our fallible senses.

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Both Plato and Descartes believed that knowledge obtained through our senses is often unreliable and that true knowledge comes from the mind's ability to reason and understand abstract concepts. They would have agreed that knowledge does not rely solely on our fallible senses.

On Which of the Following Points Would Plato and Descartes