DESCARTES

Rene Descartes
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Rene Descartes

Conquer yourself rather than the world.


I think, therefore I am / exist.

Living without philosophising is literally (like) having your eyes closed without ever trying to open them.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. 

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable / implausible that it has not (already) been said by one philosopher or another. 

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation.



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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

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.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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





The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

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

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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