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Full Idea
Those who go forward only very slowly can progress much further if they always keep to the right path, than those who run and wander off it.
Gist of Idea
Slow and accurate thought makes the greatest progress
Source
René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §1.2)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.27
A Reaction
Like Descartes' 'Method'. This seems to place a low value on 'nous' or intuition.