“It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.”
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"Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style." -- Publisher's description
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René Descartes
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“It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.”
“Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly doubtful nature of the whole edifice that I had subsequently base...”
“Dubium sapientiae initium. (Doubt is the origin of wisdom.)”