Part IV
Descartes describes rejecting everything dubitable: senses deceive, reasoning errs, and dreams mimic waking life.
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From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Descartes resolves to reject as false anything about which he can imagine the least doubt, in order to find something certain.
Part II
Analogy of tearing down one's house to rebuild on firm foundations—the rationale for systematic doubt.
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