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

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René Descartes

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Yet some gleanings will remain, as when an olive tree is beaten, leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the fruitful boughs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel. Book of Isaiah 17:6 NIV

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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.