Once in one's life, everything should be called into doubt.
Illius omnia in dubium revocare semel in vita.

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René Descartes
French philosopher-mathematician born in 1596 who launched modern thought with "I think, therefore I am." His methodical doubt rebuilt knowledge on certainty, while his coordinate system fused geometry and algebra.
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To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.
-- Hypatia
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.
-- Hypatia
I think, therefore I am.
-- René Descartes
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
-- Johannes Kepler
The duty of the man who investigates the writings of scientists, if learning the truth is his goal, is to make himself an enemy of all that he reads.
-- Ibn al-Haytham