More quotes by René Descartes

"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it."
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
"There is nothing more ancient than the truth."
"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."
"To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them."