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Philosophical literature8 quotes
I think, therefore I am. — Rene Descartes · 1637I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions. — Rene Descartes · 1641Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess. — Rene Descartes · 1637The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries-in fact like a prepared conversation, in which they reveal only the best of their thoughts. — Rene Descartes · 1637I could not possibly exist with the nature I actually have, that is, one endowed with the idea of God, unless there really is a God; the very God, I mean, of whom I have an idea. — Rene Descartes · 1641The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues. — Rene Descartes · 1637All 8 quotes →