If ... It Is Not In My

De Omnibus Dubitandum

I Was Convinced That Our Beliefs Are Based Much More On Custom And Example Than On Any Certain Knowledge.

How Can You Be Certain That Your Whole Life Is Not A Dream?

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.

The Entire Method Consists In The Order And Arrangement Of The Things To Which The Mind's Eye Must Turn So That We Can Discover Some Truth.