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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
Approximate author period: c. 1623 AD · renaissance
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- Rene Descartes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1623 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Rene Descartes: recorded author lifetime 1596–1650. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/rene-descartes (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is rene-descartes; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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