...demonstrations, had led me to imagine that all things, to the knowledge of which man is competent, are mutually connected in the same way, and that there...that is, any certain and evident reasons, I did not doutt but that such must have been the rule of their investigations. I resolved to commence, therefore,...

...discover it, provided only we abstain from accepting the false for the true, and always preserve m our thoughts the order necessary for the deduction...simplest objects, not anticipating, however, from this anj other advantage than that to be found in accustoming my mind to the love and nourishment of truth,...

...And I had little difficulty in determining the objects with which it was necessary to commence, for ! was already persuaded that it must be with the simplest...is, any certain and evident reasons, I did not doubt that such must have been the rule of their investigations. I resolved to commence, therefore, with...

...one truth from another. And I had little difficulty in determining the objects with 34 Rene Descartes which it was necessary to commence, for I was already...not doubt but that such must have been the rule of the irinvestigations. I resolved to commence, therefore, with the examination of the simplest objects,...