Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
RENE DESCARTESWith me, everything turns into mathematics.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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