Gratitude is a species of love, excited in us by some action of the person for whom we have it, and by which we believe that he has done some good to us, or at least that he has had the intention of doing so. Passions, III, 193. XI, 473-474. Trans. John Morris
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Ren Descartes was a 16th-century French philosopher. RenĂ© Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Gratitude — Recognising and appreciating the good in our lives
  • Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality

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