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 | “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: Le Discours de la méthode (1637), pt. 1 |
| “Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.” ―Rene Descartes Source/Notes: As quoted in: "Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine" (1867), p. 43 |
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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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