René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was central to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.
René Descartes Quotes
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
—René Descartes
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say
—René Descartes
For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
—René Descartes
There is nothing more ancient than the truth
—René Descartes
Control your body if you want your mind to work properly.
—René Descartes
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries
—René Descartes
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
—René Descartes
Whenever enyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it
—René Descartes
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
—René Descartes