Nothing is made from nothing.
RENE DESCARTESI suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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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 destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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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 will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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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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