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.
RENE DESCARTESThe destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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 doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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When 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…
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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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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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