Rene Descartes Quotes


I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. Rene Descartes Legacy 1,052
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes Insults 133
Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) Rene Descartes Latin 130
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. Rene Descartes Trust 119
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Rene Descartes Simplicity 118
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. Rene Descartes amazing 105
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Rene Descartes Power 94
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have. Rene Descartes Already 94
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. Rene Descartes dreams 93
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. Rene Descartes Manners 85
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts. Rene Descartes Reading 80
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes Education 77
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. Rene Descartes Books 68
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. Rene Descartes Genuine 67
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes Doubt 65
When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear. Rene Descartes Authors 63
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes Coffee 53
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes Philosophy 42
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Rene Descartes Power 41
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. Rene Descartes 31
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes Science 28
Everything is self-evident. Rene Descartes Self-evident 19

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