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.

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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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Γνωρίζω ότι υπάρχω, και ρωτάω ποιος είμαι εγώ, το εγώ που γνωρίζω. Είναι παραπάνω από βέβαιο ότι γνώση που έχω γι' αυτό το εγώ, με την ακριβή του έννοια, δεν εξαρτάται από αυτό που δεν γνωρίζω ακόμα αν υπάρχει.