RENE DESCARTES

ORIGIN AND BACKGROUND

• Born:La Haye en Touraine, Kingdom of France
• Died:Stockholm, Swedish Empire
• Nationality:French
• Religion:Catholic
• Era:17-th century philosophy

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• Region:Western Philosophy
• School:Cartesianism, Rationalism,
• Foundationalis, Founder Of Cartesianism
• Never married
• Never had kids

FAMOUS FOR, AND QUOTES

• Dubbed the father of modern philosophy
• Invented the Cartesian coordinate system
• Philosophical declaration,
• "Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.
• (I doubt, therefore i think; i think, therefore i am.)

SOME FAMOUS QUOTES

• "Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
• "You just keep pushing.You just keep pushing.I made every mistake that could
• be made.But i just kept pushing."
• "The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of
• the greatest virtues."

QUOTES

• "How can the human soul, which is only a thinking substance, determine
• the movements of animal spirits in order to perform a voluntary action?"

INVOLVEMENT WITH MATHMATICIANS

• Couldn't find any

IMPORTANT EVENTS

• William Shakespeare
• Commercial Revolution
• French Civil Wars

INTERESTING INFORMATION

• Died of Pneumonia
• He knew Queen Christina
• Dualist
• The Pope banned his work
• Went to college at the age of eight

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