René Descartes: "Catatau" by Paulo Leminski captures that impulse as he imagines the French philosopher René Descartes driven mad by Bra

"Catatau" by Paulo Leminski captures that impulse as he imagines the French phil — René Descartes

"Catatau" by Paulo Leminski captures that impulse as he imagines the French philosopher René Descartes driven mad by Brazil, a country where everything gets mixed and defies categorization.

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I suppose the body to be nothing but a statue or machine made of earth, which Go — René Descartes
Modesty was not a condition from which Descartes suffered. — René Descartes
Mais apud me omnia fiunt Mathematicè in Natura — René Descartes
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt — René Descartes
The Emperor is mad, completely mad, and will destroy us all; this will all end i — Napoleon
C'est une grande folie de vouloir être sage tout seul. — François de La Rochefoucauld
What could I do! Facts are such horrid things! — Jane Austen
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. — Aristotle
The public use of a man's reason must be free at all times, and this alone can b — Immanuel Kant
Quanto que el no creer es indicio del mentir; porque el mentiroso tiene dos male — Baltasar Gracián
Et l'on revient toujours à ses premiers amours. One always returns to his first — St. Just
True happiness ne'er entered at an eye; True happiness resides in things unseen. — Edward Young