To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESTo think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESFor to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESIn order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
RENE DESCARTESExcept our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
RENE DESCARTESMind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
RENE DESCARTESEach problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
RENE DESCARTESI 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.
RENE DESCARTESThe will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
RENE DESCARTESI am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
RENE DESCARTESWith me, everything turns into mathematics.
RENE DESCARTESIt is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
RENE DESCARTESAm I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
RENE DESCARTESBut in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
RENE DESCARTESWhen 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…
RENE DESCARTESTo live well is to live concealed.
RENE DESCARTESFor 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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