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Date: w. 1628, published in 1684, 1701
"For the human mind has within it a sort of spark of the divine, in which the first seeds of useful ways of thinking are sown, seeds which, however neglected and stifled by studies which impede them, often bear fruit of their own accord."
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
Date: w. 1628, published in 1684, 1701
"But I am convinced that certain primary seeds of truth naturally implanted in human minds thrived vigorously in that unsophisticated and innocent age - seeds which have been stifled in us through our constantly reading and hearing all sorts of errors"
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
