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René Descartes Quotes

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)

René Descartes (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650) was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and writer. He is known for his influential arguments for substance dualism, where mind and body are considered to have distinct essences, one being characterized by thought, the other by spatial extension. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics." He is also known as Cartesius.

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Alternative Names: Descartes • Cartesius • Renatus Cartesius • Renė Dekartas

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Similar: Benedictus de Spinoza 61.3% Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 61.0% Immanuel Kant 60.1% Michel de Montaigne 59.7% Albert Einstein 59.4% Francis Bacon 58.7% Blaise Pascal 58.7% Socrates 58.5% Ludwig Wittgenstein 58.5% David Hume 58.5%
And let him do his best at deception, he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I shall think that I am something.

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