“So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, th…”

“So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for success, but merely being willing to risk the experiment of finding whether the truth they seek lies there.”

— René Descartes

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Rules for the Direction of the Mind: IV

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Descartes, René. (n.d.). Wikiquote: René Descartes. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/René_Descartes

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