To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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
De omnibus dubitandum - Rene Descartes
De omnibus dubitandum
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.
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.
Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt. - Rene Descartes
Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.
Conquer yourself rather than the world. - Rene Descartes
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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