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Rene Descartes

Descartes never did a stroke of useful work in his life. At various times he

described himself as a solider, a mathematician, a thinker and a gentleman. The

last comes closest to describing his attitude toward life as well as his social

status. Descartes was indisputably the most original philosopher to appear in the

fifteen centuries following the death of Aristotle.

Rene Descartes was born March 31, 1596, in the small town of La Haye,

in the Creuse Valley thirty miles south of Tours, France. Rene was the fourth

child. Descartes spent a solitary childhood, accentuated by his sickly nature, and

he quickly learned to do without company. From his early years he is known to

have been introspective and reserved.

Rene Descartes was a foundationalist. Descartes is one of the most

important Western philosophers of the past few centuries. He became one of the

most important and influential thinkers in human history, and......

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