To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESI doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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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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But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
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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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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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