Rene Descartes
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BIRTH DATE
- He was born on March 31, 1596
- He was born in La Haye, Touraine, France
- He died on February 11, 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden
- His school thought he was sickly so he would remain in bed.
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THE FATHER OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
- Discourse on the Method
- Meditation on First Philosophy
- Principles of Philosophy
- Cartesian geometry (a form of algebra)
- An understanding of rainbows and a naturalistic account of the formation of the solar system
- He sought out to uncover the meaning of the natural world with a rational approach
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INTERESTING FACT
- "I think, therefore I am."
- Most famous quote
- He never married but he had a daughter
- He planned for her to go to school but she died from a fever at the age of 5
- The queen of Sweden had her lessons with him at 5 in the morning which lead to him die from pneumonia
