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The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

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“I think; therefore I am.”

—Rene Descartes

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

—Rene Descartes

“The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.”

—Rene Descartes

“Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.”

—Rene Descartes

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”

—Rene Descartes

“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”

—Rene Descartes

“The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.”

—Rene Descartes

meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

René Descartes once made the profound statement "cogito ergo sum" which is latin for "I think therefore I am." I suppose he must have been having some type of existential crisis to have come up with that but it is still a favorite quote of mine.

When I first designed the aesthetic for the word "exist" I did it as a gag and included the words of René Descartes. Given that I made the original at a 16:9 ratio I had to change a few things and get it to 1:1 for Instagram (where I originally posted the aesthetic).

(original aesthetic pictured above)

I think the new quote is much more profound and gives the word a deeper meaning but the background image and knocked out text remain the same and offer a visual that is sometimes difficult to convey with words alone.

What does it mean to exist? Like, comment, reblog, or any combination of the three if you're now having an existential crisis like Mr. Descartes.

With love, Nova

My friend said that once you die, you become fictional, since you no longer exist in this world. You exist just as a thought in people's mind.

We did it guys, rpf is fine

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

— René Descartes

Cartesian Office

"I think, therefore I am," does not even account for our dear himbos.