The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake. - René Descartes

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The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.

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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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Alternative Names: Descartes Cartesius Renatus Cartesius
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Και μόνος με τον εαυτό μου, κοιτάζοντας βαθιά μέσα μου, θα προσπαθήσω να γνωρίσω καλύτερα τον εαυτό μου, με άλλα λόγια να εξοικειωθώ σιγά σιγά με εμένα τον ίδιο.

It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding our own, and be prevented from thinking that everything contrary to our customs is ridiculous and irrational, a conclusion usually come to by those whose experience has been limited to their own country.

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