Descartes

[ dey-kahrt; French dey-kart ]

/ deɪˈkɑrt; French deɪˈkart /

noun

Re·né

[ruh-ney; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ; French rəˈneɪ/, 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician.

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She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.
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Somewhere, Descartes must be mulling a new declaration for the modern era: I emit carbon dioxide, therefore I am.
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It would ill become any admirer of Pascal to detract from the glory of Descartes.
Pascal|John Tulloch
For Descartes consciousness is the very essence, both of the mind and of the self.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith

In other respects he displays an inferior knowledge of the human mind and of the principles of reasoning to Descartes.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
To write against those who made too profound a study of science: Descartes.
Pascal's Penses|Blaise Pascal
At sixteen he produced a treatise on conic sections that excited the wonder and incredulity of Descartes.
Classic French Course in English|William Cleaver Wilkinson

British Dictionary definitions for descartes

Descartes

/ (ˈdeɪˌkɑːt, French dekart) /

noun

René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)

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Related adjective: Cartesian

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Scientific definitions for descartes

Descartes

[ dā-kärt′ ]

René 1596-1650

French mathematician and philosopher who discovered that the position of a point can be determined by coordinates, a discovery that laid the foundation for analytic geometry.

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