Quote of René Descartes: Passions are all intrinsically good, and...
Biography - René Descartes:
French philosopher, mathematician and scientist.
Born: 1596 - Died: 1650
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1596 - Died: 1650
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Passions are all intrinsically good, and that all we have to avoid is their misuse or their excess.
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Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes for: good
Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.
Quotes about passion:
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Quotes for: evil
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
René Descartes also said...
To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.
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