Rene Descartes Quotes

For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?

Rene Descartes

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• Thoughts
• False
• Dreaming
• Vivid

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• For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?

  

  Rene Descartes
  • Experience
  • Thoughts
  • False