“I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.”
— Rene Descartes
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“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
— Rene Descartes
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“The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.”
— Rene Descartes
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“Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.”
— Rene Descartes
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“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
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“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”
— Rene Descartes
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