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The purpose of Descartes' thought experiment with the lump of wax was to show that:
 
  A. the senses, in fact, do not lie.
 
  B. the evidence of the senses sometimes agrees with the insights of reason.
 
  C. the wax has no permanent properties.
  D. the wax has infinite properties.
 
  E. knowledge must be founded on reason rather than sense perception.
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Good timing, thanks!
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