Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes
René Descarteswas a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. He spent about 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic...
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth31 March 1596
CityIndre-et-Loire, France
Rene Descartes quotes about
books books-and-reading conversation finest good men past reading
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
encouragement philosophical simplicity
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
errors mind weak
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
deceived-us prudent deceiving
Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once.
ontology limits logic
We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a thing, but rather what we do not understand.