Author: 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

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

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

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

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

- 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

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

- 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

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