For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?
But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be. - Rene Descartes
But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be.
- Rene Descartes
Doubt is the origin of wisdom - Rene Descartes
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
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
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.
De omnibus dubitandum - Rene Descartes
De omnibus dubitandum
The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts. - Rene Descartes
The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.
The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects the sen… - Rene Descartes
The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects the sen…
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. - Rene Descartes
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
Conquer yourself rather than the world. - Rene Descartes
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt. - Rene Descartes
Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.
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