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

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Mind Quotes

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...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...

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...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks...

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks...

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...

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

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...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

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...

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...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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

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

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...

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone...

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone...

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.