The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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I think; therefore I am.
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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 will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with 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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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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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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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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 first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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