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Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes was one of the thinkers of the scientfic revolution. He was born in France in 1595. He was a philospher, mathematician, and scientist. Descartes studied anlaitical geometry. He wrote many famous scientific works including his work, Le Monde in 1634. He developed the new philosophy that everything should be doubted unless proven with math or logic. He said famously the quote," I think therefore I am." He believed a new idea strongly that the only way you can understand the world is through reason not faith. His ideas would be popular for the time to come.

Sources: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html

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Created by Danielle Fishman 2/11/09 Edited by Charlie Baker 2/12/09 Edited by Kelly Herring 2.12.09