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René Descartes
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| René Descartes | | March 31, 1596 |
French philosopher, scientist, writer; author of phrase "Cogito ergo sum"
| Meditations on First Philosophy | | René Descartes |
"in which the Existence of God and the Distinction between Mind and Body are Demonstrated"; "Cogito ergo sum"
| Discourse on Method | | René Descartes |
A landmark in the modern history of philosophic thought
| Frans Hals | | René Descartes |
C. 1649, oil on panel; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
| René Descartes | | Principles of Philosophy |
Intended as a textbook to replace Aristotelian textbooks of the time
| René Descartes | | Discourse on the Method |
Introduction to Essais, published in 1637
| 1596 | | René Descartes Was Born |
French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1650)
| René Descartes | | Discourse on Method |
1637; "Je pense, donc je suis"