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20 Powerful Philosophy and Psychology Quotes From "Rene Descartes"

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1. "We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe."

- Rene Descartes

2. "It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."

- Rene Descartes

3. "If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

- Rene Descartes

4. "Conquer yourself rather than the world."

- Rene Descartes

5. "Doubt is the origin of wisdom"

- Rene Descartes

6. "Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."

- Rene Descartes

7. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

- Rene Descartes

8. "An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?"

- Rene Descartes

9. "The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

- Rene Descartes

10. "You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing."

- Rene Descartes

11. “I think; therefore I am.”

- Rene Descartes

12. "When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable."

- Rene Descartes

13. "I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."

- Rene Descartes

14. "Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."

- Rene Descartes

15. It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

- Rene Descartes

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

- Rene Descartes

17. “To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.”

- Rene Descartes

18. “There is nothing more ancient than the truth.”

- Rene Descartes

19. "It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false."

- Rene Descartes

20. "Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare."

- Rene Descartes

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