La lecture de tous les bons livres est comme une conversation avec les plus honnêtes gens des siècles passés. - René Descartes

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La lecture de tous les bons livres est comme une conversation avec les plus honnêtes gens des siècles passés.

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About René Descartes

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
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