It is enough that I can understand one thing, clearly and d… - René Descartes

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It is enough that I can understand one thing, clearly and distinctly, without another in order to be certain that one thing is distinct from the other.

René Descartes

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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 • Renė Dekartas

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Je pense, donc je suis.

. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only to show the way in which I have tried to use my own.

Για την ακρίβεια, με βασάνιζαν τόσες αμφίβολιες και σφάλματα ώστε νόμιζα πως, στην προσπάθεια μου να μορφωθώ, δεν είχα αποκομίσει κανένα όφελος πέρα απ' ότι διαπίστωνα όλο και πιο περισσότερο την άγνοια μου.

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