Quote of René Descartes: To live without philosophizing is properly...
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
To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.
Note
Quote source: Principles of Philosophy
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: to live
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
Quotes about philosophy:
Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Quotes for: eyes
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
Philosophy is written in this grand book, which stands continually open before our eyes (I say the Universe), but can not be understood without first learning to comprehend the language and know the characters as it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to humanly understand a word; without these one is wandering in a dark labyrinth.
The only true voyage, the only bath in the Fountain of Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them sees, that each of them is.
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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