René Descartes, one of the fathers of modern science, dwelled on this question until he felt, by his own description, "dazed."

现代科学的奠定者之一勒内笛卡尔（René Descartes）一直在考虑这个问题，直到用他自己的话说他感到”晕了“。

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René Descartes in his book, Meditations (1642), discussed the idea that he might be deceived by a malign genius, "some evil demon, who has used all his artifice to deceive me".

勒奈·笛卡儿在他的著作《沉思集》（1642）中讨论了这样的想法：他可能被一个邪恶的天才所欺骗。 “某个恶毒的魔鬼，已用尽他的所有诡计来蒙骗我。”

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