I think; therefore I am.
RENE DESCARTESI 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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He who hid well, lived well.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Common 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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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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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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