There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
RENE DESCARTESConquer yourself rather than the world.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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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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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 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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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