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
thinking
I think therefore am.
book inspiration beer
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
world conquer
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
philosophical
De omnibus dubitandum
inspirational spiritual attitude
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
doubt behaviour may
... moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating to the conduct of life which we never normally doubt, though we know that it is possible, absolutely speaking, that they may be false.
inspirational education teaching
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
powerful independent intelligent
By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists
sunshine diversity experience
Human wisdom remains always one and the same although applied to the most diverse objects and it is no more changed by their diversity than the sunshine is changed by the variety of objects which it illuminates.
wells
He who hid well, lived well.
reality self evident
Everything is self-evident.
perseverance mistake women
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
travel journey talking
Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.
knows
The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing