Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. - René Descartes

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Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.

René Descartes

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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

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.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.