Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. - René Descartes

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Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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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Bueno es saber algo de las costumbres de otros pueblos, para juzgar las del propio con mejor acierto, y no creer que todo lo que sea contrario a nuestras modas es ridículo y opuesto a la razón, como suelen hacer los que no han visto nada.

If I find some reason for doubt in each of my beliefs, that will be enough to reject all of them.

For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. - René Descartes

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