Key idea 1
Good sense is spread evenly
Descartes opens by suggesting that people are roughly equal in their capacity to reason. What separates good and bad thinkers isn’t raw ability but how they direct their minds: the method they follow.
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René Descartes · 1637 · 6 min read
Discourse on the Method
Four simple rules for thinking clearly, from the book that gave us “I think, therefore I am”.
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