Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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I doubt, therefore 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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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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