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René Descartes
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Quote 3397
The first degree contains only notions so clear of themselves that they can be acquired without meditation.by: René DescartesQuote 3396
I shall be very glad to make plain in this discourse the paths I have followed, and to picture my life so that all may judge of it, and by the setting forth of their opinions may furnish me with yet other means of improvement.by: René DescartesQuote 3395
My mind is no better than another's, but I have been lucky enough to chance on certain ways, which have led me to a certain method by means of which it seems to me that I may by degrees augment my knowledge to the modest measure of my intellect and my length of days.by: René DescartesQuote 3394
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellences, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations.by: René DescartesQuote 3393
It does not suffice that the understanding be good - it must be well applied.by: René DescartesQuote 3392
The reading, not of all books, but especially of such as have been written by persons capable of conveying proper instruction, for it is a species of conversation we hold with their authors.by: René DescartesQuote 3391
I think, therefore I am.by: René DescartesQuote 3390
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.by: René DescartesQuote 3389
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed.by: René DescartesQuote 991
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awakeby: René DescartesMore quotes on the topics: dreams imaginations reality
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