To think? That's it. It is thought. This alone cannot be de… - René Descartes

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To think? That's it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.

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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Καθώς, όμως, αν γκρεμιστούν τα θεμέλια, ό,τι είναι χτισμένο πάνω σε αυτά καταρρέει μόνο του, θα προσβάλω αμέσως τις αρχές αυτές πάνω στις οποίες στηρίζονταν όλα όσα πίστευα κάποτε.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

And even though we have read all the arguments of Plato and Aristotle, we shall never become philosophers if we are unable to make a sound judgement on matters which come up for discussion; in this case what we would seem to have learnt would not be science but history.

To think? That's it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain. - René Descartes

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