When I turn my mind's eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to… - René Descartes

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When I turn my mind's eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things...

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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 Renė Dekartas
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Λαχταρούσα όσο κάνείς άλλος να κατακτήσω τος ουρανούς όμως, αφού έμαθα με απόλυτη βεβαιότητα ότι ο δρόμος είναι ανοιχτός τόσο για τους αδαείς όσο και για τους περισσότερο μορφωμένους, και ότι οι αλήθειες που αποκαλύπτονται και οι οποίες οδηγούν εκεί, είναι υπεράνω της διάνοιας μας, δεν θα τολμούσα να τις υποβάλω στους αδύναμους συλλογισμούς μου.

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