Author: 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

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

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.

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.

- Rene Descartes

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

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

- Rene Descartes

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

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

- Rene Descartes

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

- Rene Descartes

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

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.

- Rene Descartes

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