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Nevertheless I before received and admitted many things as wholly certain and manifest, which yet I afterward found to be doubtful. What, then, were those? They were the earth, the sky, the stars, and all the other objects which I was in the habit of perceiving by the senses. But what was it that I clearly [and distinctly] perceived in them? Nothing more than that the ideas and the thoughts of those objects were presented to my mind. And even now I do not deny that these ideas are found in my mind.
The passage reflects on the nature of perception and certainty, questioning the reliability of sensory experiences. It highlights the distinction between mental ideas and the physical world, emphasizing doubt in previously accepted truths.