So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason… — 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,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
If I simply refrain from making a judgment in cases where I do not perceive the truth with sufficient clarity and distinctness,… — Rene 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
“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
If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what… — Rene 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
“The reason for this is that every person permits himself the liberty of making guesses in the matter of an obscure subject… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Hence reason also demands that, since our thoughts cannot all be true because we are not wholly perfect, what truth they do… — 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
“I am in doubt as to the propriety of making my first meditations in the place above mentioned matter of discourse; for… — René 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
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