#f.e. sutcliffe

[fatal-flaws-aflame]

It is possible that God has wished that I should be deceived every time I add two and three or count the sides of a square, or form some judgement even simpler[...]But perhaps God has not wished me to be deceived in this way, for he is said to be supremely good.

René Descartes, from the Meditations, tr. F.E. Sutcliffe

[fatal-flaws-aflame]

What, then, shall be considered true?  Perhaps only this, that there is nothing certain in the world.

René Descartes, from the Meditations, tr. F.E. Sutcliffe

[fatal-flaws-aflame]

But what then should I conclude from all this? It is this: if the objective reality of any one of my ideas is such that I know clearly that it is not within me[...]it follows necessarily from this that I am not alone in the world.

René Descartes, from the Meditations, tr. F.E. Sutcliffe

[fatal-flaws-aflame]

And since, while being thus indifferent to being known or not, I have been unable to avoid acquiring some sort of reputation, I thought I ought to do my best at least to save myself from having a bad one.

from the Discourse on Method, René Descartes, tr. F.E. Sutcliffe