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Rene Descartes Quote
 | “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) |
 | Source/Notes: Supposedly said in a interview on Larry King Live, probably paraphrasing the ideas of Byron (izquotes.com/quote/304207) and Twain (izquotes.com/quote/188080) |
 | “Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.” ―Norman Mailer Source/Notes: Conversations With Norman Mailer (1988 edition) |
 | Source/Notes: certain maxims of archy - archy and mehitabel (1927) |
 | Source/Notes: Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry (1919 edition) |
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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