To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESMind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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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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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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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 destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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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