To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESThe will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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I think; therefore I am.
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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