This biography of René Descartes (1596-1650) explores the life and work of the French philosopher and mathematician who is widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of the modern era. It examines his early life in France, his education,
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René Descartes 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.