When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
RENE DESCARTESCommon sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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