The passions, then, can be defined as ‘perceptions, or sensations, or emotions of the soul that we refer (rapportons) particularly to the soul itself… - René Descartes

Those who possess
the strongest reasoning and who best order their thoughts in order to
make them clear and intelligible can always best persuade others of what
they are proposing, even if they were to speak only Low Breton and had
never learned rhetoric.

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.

Et pour nous, en voyant des choses dans lesquelles, selon certains sens, nous ne remarquons point de limites, nous n’assurerons pas pour cela qu’elles soient infinies, mais nous les estimerons seulement indéfinies