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← I think, therefore I am, is certain enough to be the first principle of philosophy

8 connected korrents · 5 moments from 8 Jun 1637 to 18 Sept 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: I think, therefore I am, is certain enough to be the first principle of philosophy I think, therefore I am, is certain enoughto be the first principle of philosophy Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nothing should be accepted as true unless it is known so clearly and distinctly that no ground for doubt remains — tap to centre the map on it Nothing should be accepted as trueunless it is known so clearly anddistinctly that no ground for doubtremains Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The fundamental premise that everything will be wonderful if we could just all be linked together everywhere, all the time is false — tap to centre the map on it The fundamental premise thateverything will be wonderful if wecould just all be linked togethereverywhere, all the time is false Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jun 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish — tap to centre the map on it No testimony suffices to establish amiracle unless its falsehood wouldbe more miraculous than the fact itseeks to establish DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeling that one could have discovered a mathematical result oneself is a better measure of deep understanding than simply verifying that it must be true. — tap to centre the map on it Feeling that one could havediscovered a mathematical resultoneself is a better measure of deepunderstanding than simply verifyingthat it must be true. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Piety founded on reason and truth is secure; piety founded on feeling and inclination will not last — tap to centre the map on it Piety founded on reason and truth issecure; piety founded on feeling andinclination will not last MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: A university ought to be a place of free inquiry, and the better it does its other duties the more surely it will be — tap to centre the map on it A university ought to be a place offree inquiry, and the better it doesits other duties the more surely itwill be Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion — tap to centre the map on it A book with neither abstractreasoning about quantity or numbernor experimental reasoning aboutfact should be burned as sophistryand illusion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are
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At the centre I think, therefore I am, is certain enough to be the first principle of philosophy Last stated 8 Jun 1637 · 389 years ago Holds René Descartes Read this korrent →