Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in… - René Descartes

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Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds reveal to us only the best of their thoughts.

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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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ينبغي لي إذا أردت الإهتداء الى امر ثابت أكيد في العلوم، ان امتنع عن تصديق ما يمكن الشك فيه، امتناعي عن تصديق ما يتضح فيه الخطأ اتضاحًا شديدًا.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

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...it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

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