The Four Rules of Method

From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Descartes' famous four-step method: accept only what is clear and distinct, divide problems, proceed from simple to complex, and enumerate completely.
Part II

The four precepts are stated: (1) accept nothing as true that is not clearly known to be so; (2) divide difficulties into parts; (3) ascend from simple to complex; (4) make enumerations so complete as to omit nothing.

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