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

Quote by Rene Descartes

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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to...

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

Everything is self-evident.

Everything is self-evident.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

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

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

Perfection is a guiding light emanating from a righteous direction that helps us to keep...

Perfection is a guiding light emanating from a righteous direction that helps us to keep...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.