Rene Descartes Quotes

12 quotes from 12 authors

If you’ve ever wondered why a 17th‑century thinker still sparks debate, these twelve snippets give a glimpse of Descartes’ odd mornings, his impact on logic, and the tangled way his ideas echo in quantum puzzles. Fans of philosophy, science, or the history of ideas will also enjoy the related sections on Logic and Metaphysics.

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Perhaps people need to understand some history here. Rene Descartes, in the late 16th, early 17th century, postulated that body, mind, physicality…

Edgar Mitchell

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“THE DIFFICULTIES AND INDEED PERPLEXITIES which beset us the moment we try to make philosophic sense out of the findings of quantum…

Wolfgang Smith

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“It is important to distinguish between reductionism as a philosophical posi- tion (or world-view) and as a methodology. Reductionism in the former…

E. Brian Davies

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“I watch Fox news for the comedy, MSNBC when I need to be reminded that mind midgets exist and CNN when I…

James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS

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Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. René Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but…

Gideon Defoe

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“Instead of René Descartes' famous "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), I propose "Communico ergo sum," (I communicate, therefore I…

Descartes

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I like René Descartes' theory about a ball of wax. You can change its form from solid to liquid, but it's still…

Emmy Rossum

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When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs…

Steven Kotler

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The Z’s will kill us all, and then the Z’s will die out and in sixty years there will be no one…

John Green

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“But where are you? Maybe we can find you in your thoughts. René Descartes, a great philosopher, once said, “I think, therefore…

Michael A. Singer

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“The early Wittgenstein and the logical positivists that he inspired are often thought to have their roots in the philosophical investigations of…

Ray Kurzweil

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“Who is he?” Eleanor lowered her voice, the name rolling off her tongue like a dark secret. “Dante Berlin.” I laughed. “Dante?…

Yvonne Woon

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