René+Descartes


 * René Descartes **

René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and a scientist who spent about 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic. Descartes was born on March 31, 1596, La Haye Touraine (now Descartes), Indre-et-Loire, France. He passed away February 11, 1650, credited as the “Father of Modern Philosophy”.

// “I think, therefore I am.” // This was one of Descartes famous sayings in philosophy. He claimed the world was created by God and that everyone was made of two substances: matter and spirit. This meaning that matter was the physical universe and the spirit was the human mind. One of Descartes’ most enduring legacies for mathematics was his development of analytic geometry, which uses algebra to describe geometry.

René Descartes was one of the greatest philosophers of the Renaissance period, a man ahead of his time. His greatest legacy was the dualism between the mind and body, stated in the 17th century. He was often known as the first thinker that emphasized the importance of natural sciences. Descartes had paradoxically created intellectual chaos that struck the world.

