Rene Descartes Quotes

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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French Philosopher, Scientist, Mathematician

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I think; therefore I am. [La., Cogito ergo sum] - Rene Descartes


Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. - Rene Descartes


Conquer yourself not the world. - Rene Descartes


Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess. - Rene Descartes


Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. - Rene Descartes


At the time, my grandparents told my mom, 'Lordy, what is Shannen doing?' Now I've calmed down. (On her reputation for bad behaviour.) - Rene Descartes


Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have. - Rene Descartes


The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. - Rene Descartes


It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. - Rene Descartes