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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician and philosopher. He believed that commonly accepted knowledge was doubtful because of the subjective nature of the senses, and attempted to rebuild human knowledge using as foundation 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think, therefore I am').

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He also believed that the entire material universe could be explained in terms of mathematical physics. He is regarded as the discoverer of analytical geometry and the founder of the science read more...

Tags: mathematician, writer, geometry, optics

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