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Rene Descartes
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"When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Power
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Trust
"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Power
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Good
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Science
"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Amazing
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Good
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Dreams
"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."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Hope
"Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare."
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Rene Descartes
Topic(s):
Men
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