Philosophy of Mind Quotes by René Descartes
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Descartes’ ten brief reflections revisit the classic mind‑body puzzle with a modern edge. The concise format makes his famous doubt and certainty accessible without the weight of full treatises.
![“This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about which I would ever deliberate, or simply by impressing the following rule so firmly upon my memory that I could never forget it: I should never judge anything…” quote by Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d5/ren-descartes-1376_clear_this-result-could-have-been-achieved-eit_2356901.jpg)
![“[...] the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is…” quote by René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7cf/ren-descartes-1376_different-ways_the-diversity-of-our-opinions-consequent_1632114.jpg)
![“[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my part, however, I have always been taught to take a broad overview of things, in order to be able to deduce from them general rules, which might be applicable…” quote by Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/588/ren-descartes-1376_able_about-pierre-de-fermat-it-cannot-be-deni_89929.jpg)
![“And what more am I? I look for aid to the imagination. [But how mistakenly!] I am not that assemblage of limbs we call the human body; I am not a subtle penetrating air distributed throughout all these members; I am not a wind, a fire, a vapor, a breath or anything at all that I can image. I am…” quote by René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/207/ren-descartes-1376_human-body_and-what-more-am-i-i-look-for-aid-to-the_115493.jpg)
