...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful. - René Descartes

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...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.

René Descartes

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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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This is so much the case that the will is the chief basis for my understanding that I bear a certain image and likeness of God.

hay pocas personas que consientan en decir lo que creen, sino también porque muchas lo ignoran, pues el acto del pensamiento, por el cual uno cree una cosa, es diferente de aquel otro por el cual uno conoce que la cree, y por lo tanto muchas veces se encuentra aquél sin éste.

Zira öyle çok kuşku ve yanılgıyla kuşatılmış bulunuyordum ki kendimi yetiştiremeye çalışırken elde ettiğim tek kazanç gitgide cahilliğimi görmeye başlamış olmam gibi geliyordu bana.

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