1600 – 1800 CE
The Age of Reason, emphasizing science, liberty, and progress.
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
— Voltaire
"Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too."
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
— Rene Descartes
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of pa..."
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
— David Hume
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
"Doubt is the origin of wisdom."
"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe — the s..."
"Whatever feels, lives; whatever lives, depends on nourishment."
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am t…
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do wit…
— Immanuel Kant
"We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without."
I think, therefore I am.
"I think, therefore I am."
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you …
— Baruch Spinoza
"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does no..."
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
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