"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."

Descartes, Rene on Doubt
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"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."

Descartes, Rene on Insults
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"It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well."

Descartes, Rene on Mind
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"There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another."

Descartes, Rene on Philosophers and Philosophy
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"Everything is self-evident."

Descartes, Rene on Reality
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"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

Descartes, Rene on Simplicity
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"To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say."

Descartes, Rene on Behavior
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"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries."

Descartes, Rene on Books - Reading
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"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

Descartes, Rene on Thoughts and Thinking
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"I think therefore I am."

Descartes, Rene on Thoughts and Thinking
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"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has."

Descartes, Rene on Common Sense
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