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. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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

— Rene Descartes

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

— Rene Descartes

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There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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I think; therefore I am. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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