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Rene Descartes was a 16th-century French philosopher. René 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 →

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“I think therefore I am. ”
— Rene Descartes
I Am Think I Think

“It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. ”
— Rene Descartes
Good Mind Well

“The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.”
— Rene Descartes
Trust Never Senses

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”
— Rene Descartes
Reading Past Conversation

“I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.”
— Rene Descartes
I Am Mind Weak

“When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.”
— Rene Descartes
True Follow Probable
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