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Quote of the day by René Descartes: René Descartes, a foundational philosopher, championed doubt as essential for genuine understanding. His ideas encourage questioning assumptions and beliefs, ...

A devout Catholic who lived in a time of "miracles, spontaneous generation, and phoenixes rising from the ashes," not to mention the Spanish Inquisition, Descartes (1596–1650) spent most of his life ...