René Descartes Quote

human wisdom... always remains one and the same, however applied to different subjects, and suffers no more differentiation proceeding from them than the light of the sun experiences from the variety of things which it illumines..


In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 31), Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Rule 1 (p. 1)


Human wisdom... always remains one and the same, however applied to different subjects, and suffers no more differentiation proceeding from them than ...

Human wisdom... always remains one and the same, however applied to different subjects, and suffers no more differentiation proceeding from them than ...

Human wisdom... always remains one and the same, however applied to different subjects, and suffers no more differentiation proceeding from them than ...

Human wisdom... always remains one and the same, however applied to different subjects, and suffers no more differentiation proceeding from them than ...