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Letter "R" » Rene Descartes Quotes
«When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable»
«The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
aberration, aberrations, excellencies, likewise
«You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mistakes
| Keywords:
kept, pushing
«Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Power,
Thinking
| Keywords:
absolutely
«The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acquisition, acquisitions, deduction, deductions, intuition, in operation, operations, rely
«Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Joy
| Keywords:
genuine, illusory
«In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate»
«The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mind,
Virtue
| Keywords:
As of, vices
«Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Trying
| Keywords:
offended, offending, offends, offense, offenses, raise
«Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| Keywords:
as many, difficulty, divide, feasible, parts, resolve
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