Sunday, August 31, 2014

Profundity Trumps Accuracy + Vice Versa (#2)

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Rene Descartes 
(1596-1650)





Profundity Trumping Accuracy:

I think, therefore I am.







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Paul Valery 
(1872-1945)



 Accuracy Trumping Profundity:

Sometimes I think,
Sometimes I am.
Valery
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    Another profound quote from Descartes'
    MEDITATION ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY:

    I am nothing but a thinking thing.

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    1. Paul OliverioSeptember 2, 2014 at 5:46 AM

      Thank you for sharing that.
      Descartes might have written it
      during a deflated ego moment.

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