He lives well who is well hidden. Rene Descartes More Quotes by Rene Descartes More Quotes From Rene Descartes I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen Rene Descartes unseen motto desire Neither divine grace nor natural knowledge ever diminishes freedom. Rene Descartes divine grace natural In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many. Rene Descartes difficult-questions truth should-have The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel very slowly may yet make far greater progress, provided they keep always to the straight road, than those who, while they run, forsake it. Rene Descartes progress mind running But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically. Rene Descartes opinion all-things Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones. Rene Descartes available statistics discovery Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him to reveal to us by a direct impression of divine clearness. Rene Descartes illumination light soul For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than th eincreasing discovery of my own ignorance Rene Descartes errors ignorance discovery I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am Rene Descartes genius doubt thinking Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something. Rene Descartes deceiving long thinking Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can never reach a point so high that it will be unable to attain any greater increase. Rene Descartes ontology logic believe Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Rene Descartes probable-cause probability philosophical A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger. Rene Descartes passion love-is two 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 understanding math two The only secure knowledge is that I exist. Rene Descartes secure philosophical For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter? Rene Descartes latter vivid dream Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes common-sense needs thinking The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared the body. Rene Descartes passion events mind With me, everything turns into mathematics. Rene Descartes mathematical mathematics math When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream? Rene Descartes ontology dream love
