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Definition of Rene 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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rene Descartes
Literary usage of Rene Descartes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French and English Philosophers: Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hobbes: With by René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes (1910)
"... ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON AND SEEKING THE TRUTH IN THE
SCIENCES BY Rene Descartes PART I GDOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."
2. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French *
by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."
3. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French *
by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."
4. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French *
by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON AND SEEKING THE TRUTH
IN THE SCIENCES BY Rene Descartes PART IG)OD SENSE is, of all things among ..."
6. The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1912)
"B. CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHERS THROUGH LEIBNIZ Rene Descartes: THE PLURALISTIC
DUALIST I. LIFE (1596-1650) Rene" Descartes, born of a noble family in Touraine, ..."
7. A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery: From by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"These were Francis Bacon in England, and Rene ' Descartes in France. Francis Bacon,
commonly known as Lord Bacon, was born in London in 1561, ..."
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