Here are two brief sayings from the philosopher who dedicated his life to question everything he knew. When we first started studying this in English, I thought it would be boring and just wanted to get through it. Well, I now love it. Philosophers are very interesting. I recommend reading the whole article.
These are from:
The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Vol. 1
Discourse on Method
1. "But immediately I noticed that while I was trying thus to think everything false, it was necessary that I, who was thinking this, was something. And observing that this truth "I am thinking, therefore I exist" was so firm and sure that all the most extravagant suppositions of the sceptics were incapable of shaking it, I decided that I could accept it without scruple as the first principle of the philosophy I was seeking."
2. "From this I knew I was a substance whose whole essence or nature is simply to think, and which does not require any place, or depend on any material thing, in order to exist."
Wow. I'm pretty sure I could write a whole sermon just on the second one. Amazing, right?
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