It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
René Descartes
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RENé DESCARTES Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)
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RENé DESCARTES ...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.
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RENé DESCARTES But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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RENé DESCARTES Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.
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