“...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.” — René Descartes Consideration Copy Share Image
“I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has… — René Descartes Philosophy Copy Share Image
Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with… — 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 Life Copy Share Image
There is nothing so far removed from us to be beyond our reach, or so far hidden that we cannot discover it. — Rene Descartes Funny Copy Share Image
“...the perusal of all excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages, who have written… — René Descartes Books Copy Share Image
I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge. — Rene Descartes Atheism Copy Share Image
“The first was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such; that is to say,… — René Descartes Doubt Copy Share Image
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with… — Rene Descartes Commodity Copy Share Image
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive… — Rene Descartes All things Copy Share Image
“For these reasons, as soon as my age permitted me to pass from under the control of my instructors, I entirely abandoned… — René Descartes Books Copy Share Image
“By intuition I mean, not the wavering assurance of the senses, or the deceitful judgment of a misconstructed imagination, but a conception,… — René Descartes Confidence Copy Share Image
For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself… — Rene Descartes Discovery 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 Admire Copy Share Image
“And the last, in every case to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so general, that I might be assured that nothing… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations — Rene Descartes Mind Copy Share Image
“Even if all knowledge could be found in books, where it is mixed in with so many useless things and confusingly heaped… — René Descartes Books Copy Share Image
For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when… — Rene Descartes Awake Copy Share Image
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. — Rene Descartes Power Copy Share Image
Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries. — Rene Descartes Talking Copy Share Image
Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite,… — Rene Descartes Believe Copy Share Image
“But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions. — Rene Descartes Demolition Copy Share Image
Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for we all think we possess a good share of it. — Rene Descartes Common Copy Share Image