The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
RENE DESCARTESThe first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Masked, I advance.
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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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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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