"Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy" Quotes
Descartes outlines his philosophical method and presents his arguments for the existence of God and the distinction between mind and body.
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Quotes
I am thinking, therefore I exist.
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to apply it well.
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
I am thinking, therefore I exist. There is nothing else about which I can be certain.
Travelling is more than an external experience; it is a journey within oneself.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
The senses sometimes deceive us, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.
