Rene Descartes

mathematics

“With me, everything turns into mathematics.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

sense distributed possess

“Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

difficulty divide part feasible resolve

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

doubt wisdom source

“Dubium sapientiae initium. (Doubt is the origin of wisdom.)”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

good mind use well

“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

doubt think am

“I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

fair distribute common sense

“Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

problem solve rule

“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

accept truth doubt

“The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

maxim master myself fortune change desire world

“My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune and change my desires rather than changing how things stand in the world.”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)

doubt everything

“De omnibus dubitandum. (Doubt everything.)”

― René Descartes (1596-1650)