Quote #14
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
More from Rene Descartes
- Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Je pense, donc je suis.
- The long chains of simple and easy reasonings by means of which geometers are accustomed to reach the conclusions of their most difficult d…
- So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to …
- The last rule was to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so comprehensive, that I should be certain of omitting nothing.
- larvatus Prodeo
- Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
- Everything is self-evident.