The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. – Rene Descartes
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. – Rene Descartes

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. – Rene Descartes
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. – Rene Descartes
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. – Rene Descartes
Millions of [the indigenous peoples of India] have lived to an advanced age, without having tasted of any thing that ever possessed life, and been wholly free from a chain of maladies, which have scourged every civilized nation on the globe… – “Food,” The Medical Adviser, and Guide to Health and Long Life, edited by Alex.