And thus, too, I thought that, because we were all children before being men and because for a long time it was necessary for us to be governed by our appetites and our teachers (which were frequently in conflict with one another, and of which perhaps neither always gave us the best advice), it is nearly impossible for our judgements to be as pure or as solid as they would have been if we had had the full use of our reason from the moment of our birth and if we had always been guided by it alone.
Descartes is saying by being taught certain things, ,it has caused and confusion and conflict in their minds and also with the teachers(as if they didnt agree with one another). If they were able to to go off of there own ideas and judgements they would have had a better understanding of things. He also is saying if they were ecouraged to use there judgements, understanding would have been more clear.
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I believe he is saying how do we know that our teachers are teaching us the correct things when they are inconflict with eachother over what is the best. Our reason is changed from birth because we are guided by teachers to think differently.
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