When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
RENE DESCARTESMind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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