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 | Source/Notes: "Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings", Cambridge University Press, 1988, p. 29, "Discourse on the Method" - ISBN: 9780521358125 |
| “Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.” ―Rene Descartes Source/Notes: Le Discours de la Méthode (1637) |
| “Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.” ―Rene Descartes Source/Notes: Le Discours de la Méthode (1637) |
| Source/Notes: Le Discours de la méthode (1637) |
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| Source/Notes: Descartes' philosophical writings, Volume 1 (Macmillan, 1952), p. 209 |
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| “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” ―Rene Descartes Source/Notes: Darling, David J. (2004). The Universal Book of Mathematics. Wiley. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-471-27047-8. |
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Rene Descartes
Born: March 31, 1596
Died: February 11, 1650 (aged 53)
Nationality: French
Occupation: Mathematician
Bio: René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.
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