Masked, I advance.
RENE DESCARTESAt last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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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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