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Why does Descartes think we are all equally equipped with reason?

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Why, according to Descartes, do different people have different levels of success in pursuing the truth?

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Which of the following subjects did Descartes most admire as a student?

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What did Descartes learn in his travels abroad?

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On what date did Descartes most likely spend the entire day in a stove-heated room developing his philosophy?

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Which of the following can be completely demolished and rebuilt from scratch?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four rules Descartes adopted to guide him through his methodological doubt?

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What two fields were combined to form analytic geometry?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the moral maxims adopted by Descartes in part three?

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How long did Descartes spend traveling the world after he had adopted his four maxims?

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Where did Descartes eventually settle?

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Which of the following is one of the moral maxims Descartes adopts in part three?

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Which of the following doubts does Descartes not entertain in the Discourse?

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On what grounds does Descartes claim to know "I am thinking, therefore I exist"?

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Which faculty is most likely to guide us to the truth?

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What properties of God does Descartes use in his two proofs of God's existence?

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What made Descartes decide to suppress The World?

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What is the initial object of study for The World?

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What natural phenomenon does Descartes explain in great detail in the Discourse?

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Which of the following does Descartes take to be outside the scope of his physics?

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What is Descartes's main reason for wanting to make his findings public?

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What is Descartes's main reason for NOT wanting to make his findings public?

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In what language was the Discourse written?

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Which of the following is NOT a topic of one of the essays Descartes appends to the Discourse?

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Which of the following discoveries had NOT been made by Descartes's time?

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