Everything is self-evident.

Quote by Rene Descartes

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The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow...

If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to...

The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to...

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

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

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...