Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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The 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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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