But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
RENE DESCARTESI took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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I think; therefore I am.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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