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Quotation from Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes
“they could never use words or other signs arranged in such a manner as is competent to us in order to declare our thoughts to others”
Discourse on Method, Part V, trans. John Veitch (19th century)
The first of Descartes's two tests distinguishing a human being from a machine that resembles one.
Citation: "they could never use words or other signs arranged in such a manner as is competent to us in order to declare our thoughts to others" — Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method, Part V, trans. John Veitch (19th century). (id discourse-on-method-q11)
Portrait: Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650), After Frans Hals, Public domain.
