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René Descartes

Portrait after [[Frans Hals]]{{NoteTag|Although the uncertain authorship of this most iconic portrait of Descartes was traditionally attributed to Frans Hals, there is no record of their meeting. During the 20th century the assumption was widely challenged.<ref>[[Steven Nadler|Nadler, Steven]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2yYDwAAQBAJ ''The Philosopher, The Priest, and The Painter: A Portrait of Descartes''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115073610/https://books.google.com/books?id=a2yYDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |date=15 November 2020 }} (Princeton, NJ: [[Princeton University Press]], 2013), pp.&nbsp;174–198.</ref>}} René Descartes ( , ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.

Refusing to accept the authority of previous philosophers, Descartes frequently set his views apart from the philosophers who preceded him. In the opening section of the ''Passions of the Soul'', an early modern treatise on emotions, Descartes goes so far as to assert that he will write on this topic "as if no one had written on these matters before." His best known philosophical statement is "" ("I think, therefore I am," ).

Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and he is largely seen as responsible for the increased attention given to epistemology in the 17th century. He was one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution, and his ''Meditations on First Philosophy'' and other philosophical works continue to be studied. His influence in mathematics is equally apparent, being the namesake of the Cartesian coordinate system. Descartes is also credited as the father of analytic geometry, which facilitated the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Provided by Wikipedia
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    El Discurso del método / by Descartes, René

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    Compendio de música / by Descartes, René

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    Discurso del método : y meditaciones metafísicas / by Descartes, René

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    Discurso del método / by Descartes, René

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    La geometría / by Descartes, René

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    Discurso del método para bien conducir la razón y buscar la verdad en las ciencias / by Descartes, René

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    Meditaciones metafísicas / by Descartes, René

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    Discurso del método / by Descartes, René

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    Meditaciones by Descartes, René

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    Discurso del método / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

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    Discurso del método / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

    Published 1972
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    El discurso del método / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

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    Meditaciones metafísicas / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

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    Meditaciones metafísicas / by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

    Published 1980
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