Descartes

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    All that is very clearly and distinctly conceived is true.
    —René Descartes (1596–1650)

    ... moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating to the conduct of life which we never normally doubt, though we know that it is possible, absolutely speaking, that they may be false.
    —René Descartes (1596–1650)

    Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters do not commonly desire more of it than they already possess.
    —René Descartes (1596–1650)