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« Huarte then distinguishes three degrees of intelligence. The lowest of these is "docile intelligence," satisfying the maxim he mistakenly attributes to Aristotle, according to which there is nothing in the mind that is simply transmitted to him by the senses. The next degree, normal human intelligence, goes far beyond empirical limitation: it can "generate itself, by its own power, the principles upon which knowledge is based." `...` Thus normal human intelligence is able to acquire knowledge on its own, perhaps using the data of the senses, but continuing to build a cognitive system through concepts and principles developed on independent bases; and it is capable of generating new thoughts and finding new and appropriate ways to express them, in ways that completely transcend all training and experience. Huarte postulates a third type of intelligence, "by which some, without art or study, say subtle and surprising, yet true, things that were never seen or heard or written, or even thoughts." This refers to true creativity, the exercise of creative imagination in ways that go beyond normal intelligence and which, he believes, can involve a "mix of madness". »