Philosopher Descartes Quotes

#1. My laps-meter, the first caliper of the soul and the first hope of bridging the dread chasm that has rent the soul of Western man ever since the famous philosopher Descartes ripped body loose from mind and turned the very soul into a ghost that haunts its own house.

Walker Percy

#2. Descartes' dictum: 'There is nothing so absurd or incredible that it has not been asserted by one philosopher or another.

Paul Johnson

#3. Although science could pinpoint the exact spot in the brain that ignites rage, they had yet to identify the location that produces love.

Erich Segal

#4. One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

Rene Descartes

#5. Out here?" he said quietly. "What?" The kid looked stricken. "Have I not treated you like a man out

Richard Price

#6. I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry.

Rodney Alexander

#7. If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.

John Thorn

#8. Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all.

Propertius

#9. Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.

Elie Wiesel