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“ ”I will follow this strategy until I discover something that is certain or, at least, until I discover that it is certain only that nothing is certain.
About René Descartes
René Descartes (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650) was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and writer. He is known for his influential arguments for substance dualism, where mind and body are considered to have distinct essences, one being characterized by thought, the other by spatial extension. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics." He is also known as Cartesius.
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Additional quotes by René Descartes
c'est une vérité très certaine que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions, nous devons suivre les plus probables
partie 3, para 3)
It is prudent never to trust those who have deceived us, even if only once.
Je donnerais tout ce que je sais pour la moitié de ce que je ne sais pas.