The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.

Les plus grandes âmes sont capables des plus grands vices aussi bien que des plus grandes vertus

René Descartes

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Descartes, René [published anonymously]. Discours de la Méthode: Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences [Discourse on Method: To Conduct Reason Well, and Seek Truth in the Sciences]. Leiden, 1637, pt. 1.

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Descartes, René. Discourse on the Method, translated by Ian Maclean. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1.

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