René Descartes
"And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable."
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"And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable."
"وهكذا، فإن شؤون الحياة غالبًا ما لا تحتمل التأخير، فمن الحقائق الأكيدة جدًا أنه حين لا يكون في وسعنا الجزم بالآراء الأصدق، وجب علينا اتباع الأرجح."
René Descartes
Discourse on Method
"“I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen”"
"أصبو إلى عيشٍ هانئٍ، وأن أُتِمَّ حياتي التي استهللتها تحت شعار "من أراد أن يحيا رغيدًا فليحيا مستترًا"."
René Descartes
The Principles Of Philosophy
"“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”"
"ليس في حوزتنا المطلقة شيء سوى أفكارنا."
René Descartes
"“I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me. I think I have no senses. I believe that body, shape, extension, motion, location are functions. What is there then that can be taken as true? Perhaps only this one thing, that nothing at all is certain.”"
"إذن، أفترض أن كل ما أراه أوهام؛ وأعتقد أن شيئًا مما تخبرني به ذاكرتي الكاذبة لم يكن له وجود قط. أظن أن لا حواس لي. وأعتقد أن الجسد والشكل والامتداد والحركة والموقع مجرد وظائف. فما الذي يمكن اعتباره حقيقة إذن؟ ربما هذا الشيء الوحيد: أن لا شيء على الإطلاق مؤكد."
René Descartes
"Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare."
"الأعداد الكاملة، كالرجال الفضلاء، نادرة الوجود."
René Descartes
"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed."
"الدولة التي تحكمها قوانين قليلة وتُراعى بدقة، هي الأفضل حُكمًا."
René Descartes
"The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge."
"إن عمليتي فهمنا، الحدس والاستنباط، ه"
René Descartes
"When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable."
"إذا تعذر علينا اتباع الحق، وجب علينا اتباع الأرجح."
René Descartes
"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."
"إني لأعجب حقًا حين أتأمل ضعف عقلي وميله الشديد إلى الزلل."
René Descartes
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."
"قراءة جميع الكتب الجيدة أشبه بمحاورة أعظم العقول التي عاشت في القرون الغابرة."
René Descartes
"It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well."
"لا يكفي أن تمتلك عقلاً جيداً، فالمهم هو أن تحسن استخدامه."
René Descartes
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."
"تخدعنا الحواس بين الفينة والأخرى، ومن الحكمة ألا نثق ثقة مطلقة بمن خدعنا ولو لمرة واحدة."
René Descartes
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."
René Descartes
"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."
René Descartes
"[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my part, however, I have always been taught to take a broad overview of things, in order to be able to deduce from them general rules, which might be applicable elsewhere."
René Descartes
"I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me. I think I have no senses. I believe that body, shape, extension, motion, location are functions. What is there then that can be taken as true? Perhaps only this one thing, that nothing at all is certain."
René Descartes
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