Discourse on the Method, part 6, ¶ 4-7

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René Descartes

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Discourse on the Method (Veitch translation)

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As for myself, if I have succeeded in discovering any truths in the Sciences, (and I trust that what is contained in this volume[^1] will show that I have found some,) I can declare that they are but the consequences and results of five or six principal difficulties which I have surmounted, and my encounters with which I reckoned as battles in which victory declared for me.

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Or they may be compared to the commanders of armies, whose forces usually increase in proportion to their victories, and who need greater prudence to keep together the residue of their troops after a defeat than after a victory to take towns and provinces.