Pour ce qu'alors je de sirais vaquer seulement a' la recherche de la ve rite , je pensai qu'il fallait que jerejetasse comme absolument faux tout ce en quoi je pourrais imaginer le moindre doute, afin de voir s'il ne resterait point, apre' s cela, quelque chose en ma cre ance qui f u" t entie' rement indubitable. Sincemy present aimwastogivemyself up tothepursuit of truth alone, I thought I mustreject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine the least doubt, in order to see if I should not be left at the end believing something that was absolutely indubitable.
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