All Rene Descartes Quotes
- There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in the other parts. Brain
- [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… Able
- Even the mind depends so much on temperament and the disposition of one's bodily organs that, if it is possible to find a way to… Been
- And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and… Allow
- God alone is the author of all the motions in the world. All
- The only secure knowledge is that I exist. Exist
- Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt. Funny
- Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Follow
- De omnibus dubitandum Funny
- It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… All
- There is nothing so far removed from us to be beyond our reach, or so far hidden that we cannot discover it. Beyond
- Everything is self-evident. Evident
- Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we… Believe
- Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from… Accepted
- The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared the body. Body
- Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good… Actual
- With me, everything turns into mathematics. Everything Turns
- Wonder is the first of all the passions. All
- Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones. Available
- For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. Apply