Principles of Philosophy Quotes

“I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen”
― Rene Descartes, The Principles Of Philosophy

“لأن يحيا المرء دون تفلسف هو حقا كمن يظل مغمضا عينيه لا يُحاول أن يفتحهما.”
― رينيه ديكارت, مبادئ الفلسفة

“The brutes, which have only their bodies to conserve, are continually occupied in seeking sources of nourishment; but men, of whom the chief part is the mind, ought to make the search after wisdom their principal care, for wisdom is the true nourishment of the mind; and I feel assured, moreover, that there are very many who would not fail in the search, if they would but hope for success in it, and knew the degree of their capabilities for it.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“...the greater objective (representative) perfection there is in our idea of a thing, the greater also must be the perfection of its cause.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“Nihilque ab ullo credi velim, nisi quod ipsi evidens et invicta ratio persuadebit.

Δεν θα ήθελα να πιστέψετε τίποτα από όσα έγραψα εκτός κι αν έχετε πειστεί γι' αυτά μέσα από τη δύναμη και τις αποδείξεις της λογικής.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy