For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESWhen I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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 am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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