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Descartes

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Des·cartes  (d-kärt), René 1596-1650.
French mathematician, philosopher, and scientist who is considered the father of analytic geometry and the founder of modern rationalism. His main works, Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) and Principles of Philosophy (1644), include the famous dictum "I think, therefore I am."
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Noun1.DescartesDescartes - 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)
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From the time of Descartes to Hume and Kant it has had little or nothing to do with facts of science.
Meno by Plato View in context
I then desired the governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi, with whom I prevailed to explain their systems to Aristotle.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
The crooked atoms of Descartes triumphed; to the man without compassion was united a woman without heart.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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