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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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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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When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
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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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