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Rene Descartes Quotes
«The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
aberration, aberrations, excellencies, likewise
«You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mistakes
| Keywords:
kept, pushing
«Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Power,
Thinking
| Keywords:
absolutely
«The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acquisition, acquisitions, deduction, deductions, intuition, in operation, operations, rely
«Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Joy
| Keywords:
genuine, illusory
«The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Mind,
Virtue
| Keywords:
As of, vices
«Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Trying
| Keywords:
offended, offending, offends, offense, offenses, raise
«Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| Keywords:
as many, difficulty, divide, feasible, parts, resolve