René Descartes

Portrait after [[Frans Hals]]{{NoteTag|Although the uncertain authorship of this most iconic portrait of Descartes was traditionally attributed to Frans Hals, there is no record of their meeting. During the 20th century the assumption was widely challenged.<ref>[[Steven Nadler|Nadler, Steven]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2yYDwAAQBAJ ''The Philosopher, The Priest, and The Painter: A Portrait of Descartes''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115073610/https://books.google.com/books?id=a2yYDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |date=15 November 2020 }} (Princeton, NJ: [[Princeton University Press]], 2013), pp.&nbsp;174–198.</ref>}} René Descartes ( , ; ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.

Refusing to accept the authority of previous philosophers, Descartes frequently set his views apart from the philosophers who preceded him. In the opening section of the ''Passions of the Soul'', an early modern treatise on emotions, Descartes goes so far as to assert that he will write on this topic "as if no one had written on these matters before." His best-known philosophical statement is "" ("I think, therefore I am", ).

Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and he is largely seen as responsible for the increased attention given to epistemology in the 17th century. He was one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution, and his ''Meditations on First Philosophy'' and other philosophical works continue to be studied. His influence in mathematics is equally apparent, being the namesake of the Cartesian coordinate system. Descartes is also credited as the father of analytic geometry, which facilitated the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Discours de la Méthode by Descartes

    Published 1934
    Book
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    Discurso del método by Descartes

    Published 1966
    Book
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    The philosophical works by Descartes

    Published 1973
    Book
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    Discours de la méthode by Descartes, René

    Published 1973
    Book
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    El discurso del método / Constantino Láscaris, traductor by Descartes, Renato

    Published 1997
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    Discurso del método by Descartes, René

    Published 1961
    Book
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    Discurso del método / Traducción de Constantino Láscaris C. by Descartes, René

    Published 1969
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    Discurso del método y meditaciones metafísicas / Manuel G. Morente, traductor by Descartes, Rene

    Published 1941
    Book
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    Meditaciones de prima philosophia; Méditations métaphisiques by Descartes, Rene

    Published 1960
    Book
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    Obras Maestras del Milenio : Discurso del método. Tratado de las pasiones del alma by Descartes, René

    Published 1995
    Book
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    Apología de socrates. Critón. Meditaciones metafísicas by Platón; Descartes

    Published 1985
    Book
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    Los principios de la filosofía by Descartes, Rene

    Published 1951
    Book
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    The philosophical works = Los trabajos filosóficos / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

    Published 1981
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    A discourse on method and other works / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650, Haldane, E. S., Ross, G.R.T

    Published 1965
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