The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
RENE DESCARTESI took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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Masked, I advance.
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I think; therefore I am.
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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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