Quotes by Descartes, Rene

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary >>

It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well >>

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. >>

Quotations about Philosophers and Philosophy

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. >>

As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any pract >>

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. >>

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.

Descartes, Rene