For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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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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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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.
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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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I 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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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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I think; therefore I am.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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