Quotes by
René Descartes |
Cartesius, 1596-1650 , French philosopher
Mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. He was one of the first to abandon scholastic Aristotelianism, he formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, from which stems the mind-body problem, and he promoted the development of a new science grounded in observation and experiment. For these, he has been called the father of modern philosophy.Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. His influence in mathematics is equally apparent (the Cartesian coordinate system).
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Quotations
| • | It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. 12 |
| • | An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? 8 |
| • | For me, everything in nature is mathematics. 6 |
| • | A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. 6 |
| • | 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. 4 |
| • | Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. 4 |
| • | The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. 4 |
| • | There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. 2 |
| • | Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. 2 |
Latin Quotes
| • | Doubt everything. De omnibus dubitandum. (Karl Marx’s favorite motto and, also, title of a book by Søren Kierkegaard ) 52 |
| • | I think therefore I exist. Cogito ergo sum. 41 |
