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Quotation from Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes
“resolved no longer to seek any other science than the knowledge of myself, or of the great book of the world”
Discourse on Method, Part I, trans. John Veitch (19th century)
Descartes leaves school learning for travel and self-examination.
Citation: "resolved no longer to seek any other science than the knowledge of myself, or of the great book of the world" — Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method, Part I, trans. John Veitch (19th century). (id discourse-on-method-q3)
Portrait: Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650), After Frans Hals, Public domain.
