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Rene Descartes Quotes

Rene Descartes quotes about good

French Mathematician March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650

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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "The reading of all good books is like conversation with the..."
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. Rene Descartes
Whence then come my errors? They come from the sole fact that since the will is much wider in its range and compass than the understanding, I do not restrain it within the same bounds, but extend it also to things which I do not understand: and as the will is of itself indifferent to these, it easily falls into error and sin, and chooses the evil for the good, or the false for the true. Rene Descartes
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. Rene Descartes
Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good..."
Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books. Rene Descartes
Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use..."
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes
What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than the intellect, I do not contain the will within the same boundaries; rather, I also extend it to things I do not understand. Because the will is indifferent in regard to such matters, it easily turns away from the true and the good; and in this way I am deceived and I sin. Rene Descartes

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