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...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life.

René Descartes

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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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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen

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in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life. - René Descartes

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