More from Rene Descartes

  1. One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
  2. So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to …
  3. Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
  4. larvatus Prodeo
  5. The long chains of simple and easy reasonings by means of which geometers are accustomed to reach the conclusions of their most difficult d…
  6. Everything is self-evident.
  7. The last rule was to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so comprehensive, that I should be certain of omitting nothing.
  8. The pituitary gland is the seat of the soul.

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