Rene Descartes Quotes

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• De omnibus dubitandum

  Rene Descartes

  Philosophical

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• It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

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  Inspirational, Education, Teaching

  "Discourse on the Method". Book by Rene Descartes (Part 1), 1637.

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• We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

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  World

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• The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

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  Universe

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• 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.

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  Life, Truth, Real

  "Principles of Philosophy". Book by Rene Descartes, 1644.

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• Doubt is the origin of wisdom

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  Doubt, Aries, Thrive

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• Conquer yourself rather than the world.

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  World, Conquer

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• I think; therefore I am.

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  Inspirational, Atheist, Humorous

  Rene Descartes (2013). “Discourse on the Method: Discourse On the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth In the Sciences (Beloved Books Edition)”, p.30, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.

  Rene Descartes

  Philosophical

  "Die Wiener Zeit: Aufsätze, Beiträge, Rezensionen 1926–1936" by Moritz Schlick, (p. 532), 2008.

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• The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing

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  Knows

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• Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Attitude

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• By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists.

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  Powerful, Independent, Intelligent

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• Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

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  Encouragement, Philosophical, Simplicity

  "Discourse on the Method". Book by Rene Descartes, 1637.

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• An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

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  Running, Attitude, Optimistic

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• I know that I exist; the question is, What is this 'I' that 'I' know.

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  Knowledge, Knows

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• The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

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  Wisdom, Book, Reading

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• How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

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  Dream, Life Is, Certain

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• The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

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  Education, Teacher, Errors

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• I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen

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  Desire, Unseen, Motto

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• I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am

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  Thinking, Doubt, Genius

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• Nothing comes out of nothing.

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  Aries

  "Principles of Philosophy". Book by Rene Descartes. Principia philosophiae, Part I, Article 49, 1644.

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• We never understand a thing so well,and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves.

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  Knowledge, Wells

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• Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

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  Success, Witty, Humorous

  "Discourse on the Method". Book by Rene Descartes (Part 2), 1637.

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• In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

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  Learning, Caring, Order

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• You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

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  Perseverance, Mistake, Women

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