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Definition of Descartes
1. Noun. French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650).
Generic synonyms: Mathematician, Philosopher
Derivative terms: Cartesian
Definition of Descartes
1. Proper noun. A French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descartes
Literary usage of Descartes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Philosophy by Alfred Weber (1904)
"How, then, did Descartes come to he called the inventor of inner observation ...
Descartes needed first principles from which to proceed in his deductions, ..."
2. The Philosophical Review by Sage School of Philosophy, Cunningham, Gustavus Watts, 1881-, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Jacob Gould Schurman (1897)
"First in importance among them for the right understanding of Descartes' thought
is the ... The Rules, which are more simple than Descartes' later work, ..."
3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"205) says of Descartes, " nous avons des preuves que ce philosophe ... Descartes
himself says, that he suggested the subsequent experiment of Pascal. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Descartes claimed that he was only seeking the quiet and seclusion necessary for
... In Holland Descartes had made enthusiastic disciples; and under the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Thus Descartes gave to modern geometry that abstract and general character in
... In pure algebra Descartes expounded and illustrated the general methods of ..."
6. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"205) says of Descartes, " nous avons dea preuves que ce philosophe ... Descartes
himself says, that he suggested the subsequent experiment of Pascal. ..."
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