There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. — Rene Descartes Philosopher Copy Share Image
“Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.” — René Descartes Common sense Copy Share Image
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. — Rene Descartes Law 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 Copy Share Image
So far, I have been a spectator in this theater which is the world, but I am now about to mount the… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in… — Rene Descartes Brain Copy Share Image
The object of music is a Sound. The end; to delight, and move various Affections in us. — Rene Descartes Affection Copy Share Image
It's the familiar love-hate syndrome of seduction: "I don't really care what it is I say, I care only that you like… — Rene Descartes Care 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
“It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my part,… — René 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… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and… — Rene Descartes Ancient Copy Share Image
Archimedes, that he might transport the entire globe ... demanded only a point that was firm and immovable; so also, I shall… — 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 Battle Copy Share Image
Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels… — Rene Descartes Desire Copy Share Image
“there is often not so much perfection in works composed of many pieces and made by the hands of various master craftsmen… — René Descartes Excellence Copy Share Image
“But after I had imployed some years in thus studying the Book of the World, and endeavouring to get experience, I took… — René Descartes Books Copy Share Image
What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than… — Rene Descartes Boundaries 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 Freedom Copy Share Image
But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about… — 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 Doubt Copy Share Image
If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that… — Rene Descartes Animal Copy Share Image
Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and… — 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
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. — Rene Descartes Problem Copy Share Image
The mind effortlessly and automatically takes in new ideas, which remain in limbo until verified or rejected by conscious, rational analysis. — Rene Descartes Analysis Copy Share Image
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. — Rene Descartes Failure 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 Bounds Copy Share Image
“those who move but very slowly, may advance much farther, if they always follow the right way; then those who run and… — René Descartes Right way Copy Share Image
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes Books Copy Share Image
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. — 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 Doubt Copy Share Image
It is only intelligence that is divided equally between people because everybody thinks he/she is enough wise — René Descartes Ability Copy Share Image
Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. — Rene Descartes Funny 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 Arrangements 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 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/i/588/ren-descartes-1376_able_about-pierre-de-fermat-it-cannot-be-deni_89929.jpg)
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