To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
RENE DESCARTESThe 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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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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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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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 doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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