For I Found Myself Embarrassed With So

But I Cannot Forget That, At Other Times I Have Been Deceived In Sleep By Similar Illusions; And, Attentively Considering Those Cases, I Perceive So Clearly That There Exist No Certain Marks By Which The State Of Waking Can Ever Be Distinguished From Sleep, That I Feel Greatly Astonished; And In Amazement I Almost Persuade Myself That I Am Now Dreaming.

If ... It Is Not In My Power To Arrive At The Knowledge Of Any Truth, I May At Least Do What Is In My Power, Namely, Suspend Judgement.

Archimedes, That He Might Transport The Entire Globe ... Demanded Only A Point That Was Firm And Immovable; So Also, I Shall Be Entitled To Entertain The Highest Expectations, If I Am Fortunate Enough To Discover Only One Thing That Is Certain And Indubitable.

It's The Familiar Love-hate Syndrome Of Seduction: "i Don't Really Care What It Is I Say, I Care Only That You Like It."

What Then Is The Source Of My Errors? They Are Owing Simply To The Fact That, Since The Will Extends Further Than The Intellect, I Do Not Contain The Will Within The Same Boundaries; Rather, I Also Extend It To Things I Do Not Understand. Because The Will Is Indifferent In Regard To Such Matters, It Easily Turns Away From The True And The Good; And In This Way I Am Deceived And I Sin.