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Rene Descartes quotes: But, because I had already very clearly recognized in myself that the intelligent nature is distinct from the corporeal,

But, because I had already very clearly recognized in myself that the intelligent nature is distinct from the corporeal,

Rene Descartes quotes: Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

Rene Descartes quotes: It is prudent never to trust those who have deceived us, even if only once.

It is prudent never to trust those who have deceived us, even if only once.

Rene Descartes quotes: All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment

All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment

Rene Descartes quotes: The only secure knowledge is that I exist.

The only secure knowledge is that I exist.

Rene Descartes quotes: Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Rene Descartes quotes: There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

Rene Descartes quotes: Those who move but very slowly, may advance much farther, if they always follow the right way; then those who run and straggle from it.

Those who move but very slowly, may advance much farther, if they always follow the right way; then those who run and straggle from it.

Rene Descartes quotes: Conquer yourself rather than the world.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

Rene Descartes quotes: The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing

The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing

Rene Descartes quotes: The thinking of the mind is twofold: understanding and willing.

The thinking of the mind is twofold: understanding and willing.

Rene Descartes quotes: When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear.

When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear.

Rene Descartes quotes: Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Rene Descartes quotes: In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.

Rene Descartes quotes: Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.(English: "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am")

Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.

(English: "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am")

Rene Descartes quotes: One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

Rene Descartes quotes: Dubium sapientiae initium. (Doubt is the origin of wisdom.)

Dubium sapientiae initium. (Doubt is the origin of wisdom.)

Rene Descartes quotes: So that there resulted a chaos as disordered as the poets ever feigned,

So that there resulted a chaos as disordered as the poets ever feigned,

Rene Descartes quotes: that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.

that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.

Rene Descartes quotes: The mind effortlessly and automatically takes in new ideas, which remain in limbo until verified or rejected by conscious, rational analysis.

The mind effortlessly and automatically takes in new ideas, which remain in limbo until verified or rejected by conscious, rational analysis.

Rene Descartes quotes: God alone is the author of all the motions in the world.

God alone is the author of all the motions in the world.

Rene Descartes quotes: Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.

Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.

Rene Descartes quotes: I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

Rene Descartes quotes: Booty Butt, Booty Butt, Booty Butt Cheeks

Booty Butt, Booty Butt, Booty Butt Cheeks

Rene Descartes quotes: Everything is self-evident.

Everything is self-evident.

Rene Descartes quotes: Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.

Rene Descartes quotes: All is to be doubted.

All is to be doubted.

Rene Descartes quotes: It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.

It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.

Rene Descartes quotes: If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement ...

If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement ...

Rene Descartes quotes: A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

Rene Descartes quotes: For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

Rene Descartes quotes: Nothing is made from nothing.

Nothing is made from nothing.

Rene Descartes quotes: To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

Rene Descartes quotes: Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones.

Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones.

Rene Descartes quotes: We never understand a thing so well,and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves.

We never understand a thing so well,and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves.

Rene Descartes quotes: Give me extension and motion and I will construct the universe.

Give me extension and motion and I will construct the universe.

Rene Descartes quotes: In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.

In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.

Rene Descartes quotes: He who hid well, lived well.

He who hid well, lived well.

Rene Descartes quotes: Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

Rene Descartes quotes: Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Rene Descartes quotes: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Rene Descartes quotes: Bene vixit, bene qui latuit.(to live well is to live concealed)

Bene vixit, bene qui latuit.
(to live well is to live concealed)

Rene Descartes quotes: The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Rene Descartes quotes: I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen

Rene Descartes quotes: Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Rene Descartes quotes: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

Rene Descartes quotes: The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

Rene Descartes quotes: I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.

I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.

Rene Descartes quotes: Wonder is the first of all the passions.

Wonder is the first of all the passions.

Rene Descartes quotes: He who lives well lives well hidden.

He who lives well lives well hidden.

Rene Descartes quotes: I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics.

I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics.

Rene Descartes quotes: I must finally conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind.

I must finally conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind.

Rene Descartes quotes: For 'tis not enough to have good faculties, but the principal is, to apply them well.

For 'tis not enough to have good faculties, but the principal is, to apply them well.

Rene Descartes quotes: Masked, I advance.

Masked, I advance.

Rene Descartes quotes: I think, therefore I am" vs. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

I think, therefore I am" vs. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

Rene Descartes quotes: to live well you must liveunseen

to live well you must live
unseen

Rene Descartes quotes: Certainly no one can deny that we have such an idea of God in ourselves unless they think that there is no knowledge at all of God in human minds.

Certainly no one can deny that we have such an idea of God in ourselves unless they think that there is no knowledge at all of God in human minds.

Rene Descartes quotes: It is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

It is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

Rene Descartes quotes: It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.

It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.

Rene Descartes quotes: There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in the other parts.

There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in the other parts.

Rene Descartes quotes: There is nothing so far removed from us to be beyond our reach, or so far hidden that we cannot discover it.

There is nothing so far removed from us to be beyond our reach, or so far hidden that we cannot discover it.

Rene Descartes quotes: The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we can discover some truth.

The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we can discover some truth.

Rene Descartes quotes: Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction.

Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction.

Rene Descartes quotes: I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am

I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am

Rene Descartes quotes: It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

Rene Descartes quotes: Sensations are nothing but confused modes of thinking.

Sensations are nothing but confused modes of thinking.

Rene Descartes quotes: To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

Rene Descartes quotes: It appears to me that I have discovered many truths more useful and more important than all I had before learned, or even had expected to learn.

It appears to me that I have discovered many truths more useful and more important than all I had before learned, or even had expected to learn.

Rene Descartes quotes: A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger.

A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger.

Rene Descartes quotes: Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Rene Descartes quotes: I know that I exist; the question is, What is this 'I' that 'I' know.

I know that I exist; the question is, What is this 'I' that 'I' know.

Rene Descartes quotes: Divide each difficulty at hand into as many pieces as possible and as could be required to better solve them.

Divide each difficulty at hand into as many pieces as possible and as could be required to better solve them.

Rene Descartes quotes: One should never judge anything unless it is known.

One should never judge anything unless it is known.

Rene Descartes quotes: In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

Rene Descartes quotes: One needs to know what thought is, what existence is and what certainty is.

One needs to know what thought is, what existence is and what certainty is.

Rene Descartes quotes: Nothing comes out of nothing.

Nothing comes out of nothing.

Rene Descartes quotes: The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.

The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.

Rene Descartes quotes: Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Rene Descartes quotes: Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?

Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?

Rene Descartes quotes: But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be.

But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be.

Rene Descartes quotes: I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge.

I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge.

Rene Descartes quotes: With me, everything turns into mathematics.

With me, everything turns into mathematics.

Rene Descartes quotes: Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.

Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.

Rene Descartes quotes: I am thinking, therefore I exist.

I am thinking, therefore I exist.

Rene Descartes quotes: Science is practical philosophy.

Science is practical philosophy.

Rene Descartes quotes: At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

Rene Descartes quotes: You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

Rene Descartes quotes: If I find some reason for doubt in each of my beliefs, that will be enough to reject all of them.

If I find some reason for doubt in each of my beliefs, that will be enough to reject all of them.

Rene Descartes quotes: To think? That's it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.

To think? That's it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.

Rene Descartes quotes: I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

Rene Descartes quotes: For each of us there is a set limit to our intellectual powers which we cannot pass.

For each of us there is a set limit to our intellectual powers which we cannot pass.

Rene Descartes quotes: Desire awakens only to things that are thought possible.

Desire awakens only to things that are thought possible.

Rene Descartes quotes: He lives well who is well hidden.

He lives well who is well hidden.

Rene Descartes quotes: Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation

Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation

Rene Descartes quotes: Reason is nothing without imagination.

Reason is nothing without imagination.

Rene Descartes quotes: But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.

But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.

Rene Descartes quotes: The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

Rene Descartes quotes: The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Rene Descartes quotes: It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing.

It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing.

Rene Descartes quotes: The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.