The first was never to accept anything as true that I did not incontrovertibly know to be so; that is to say, carefully to avoid both prejudice and premature conclusions; and to include nothing in my judgements other than that which presented itself to my mind so clearly and distinctly, that I would have no occasion to doubt it.
The second was to divide all the difficulties under examination into as many parts as possible, and as many as were required to solve them in the best way.
The third was to conduct my thoughts in a given order, beginning with the simplest and most easily understood objects, and gradually ascending, as it were step by step, to the
knowledge of the most complex; and positing* an order even on those which do not have a natural order of precedence.
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The last was to undertake such complete enumerations and such general surveys that I would be sure to have left nothing out.
Source:
A DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD, part- two
A DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD, part- two
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