The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
RENE DESCARTESThe will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
RENE DESCARTESMasked, I advance.
RENE DESCARTESIn 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 destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
RENE DESCARTESIt is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
RENE DESCARTESFor the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
RENE DESCARTESOne should never judge anything unless it is known
RENE DESCARTESDivide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
RENE DESCARTESI desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
RENE DESCARTESTo live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
RENE DESCARTESLet 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.
RENE DESCARTESI took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
RENE DESCARTESMind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
RENE DESCARTESWhen it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
RENE DESCARTESFor to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESIt is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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