More quotes by René Descartes

"To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them."
"But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically."
"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it."
"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."
"The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries."