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[from 'A Discourse on Method' by René Descartes, in 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy ]

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 Reference

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.