Discourse on the Method, part 1, ¶ 6-5

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René Descartes

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Discourse on the Method (Veitch translation)

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And, in fine, our age appeared to me as flourishing, and as fertile in powerful minds as any preceding one.

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And yet I was studying in one of the most celebrated Schools in Europe, in which I thought there must be learned men, if such were anywhere to be found. I had been taught all that others learned there; and not contented with the sciences actually taught us, I had, in addition, read all the books that had fallen into my hands, treating of such branches as are esteemed the most curious and rare.