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.
RENE DESCARTESTo live well is to live concealed.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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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 took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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