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The mind and human senses are related through Leibniz's philosophy, which suggests that the mind uses sensory input to prompt innate ideas [1] and that the mind serves as the source of necessary truths that cannot be derived from the senses alone [2].

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Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community K. S. Sangeetha · Rebus Community 2 facts
claimGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz argues that a collection of instances based on the senses cannot lead to necessary truths, yet humans can grasp necessary truths like mathematics, implying the mind is the innate source of these truths.
claimGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz posits that innate ideas are initially present in the mind as dispositions or tendencies rather than as actual conscious thoughts, and they occur once prompted by the senses.