It is only intelligence that is divided equally between people because everybody thinks he/she is enough wise — René Descartes Copy Share Image
... moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“I had always a most earnest desire to know how to distinguish the true from the false, in order that I might… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“Just as faith teaches us that the sovereign felicity of the other life consists in the contemplation of the divine majesty alone,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Situations in life often permit no delay; and when we cannot determine the course which is certainly best, we must follow the… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“The majority of men is composed of two classes, for neither of which would this be at all a befitting resolution: in… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“They do everything in their power to make fortune favor them in this life, but nevertheless they think so little of it,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“My third maxim was to endeavour always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“And what more am I? I look for aid to the imagination. [But how mistakenly!] I am not that assemblage of limbs we call… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“And, in fine, of false sciences I thought I knew the worth sufficiently to escape being deceived by the professions of an alchemist, the… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image