In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
RENE DESCARTESThe dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.
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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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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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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 best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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