Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
RENE DESCARTESTruths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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