Descartes, René

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1. A seventeenth-century French philosopher. He is known for his statement “I think; therefore I am.” Descartes relied on reason to explain the workings of the universe; his ideas are often called “Cartesianism,” after the Latin form of his name.

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Descartes, René, celibacy of, 156.

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Descartes, René, 372, 463, 465.

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Descartes, René, 57 n.; followers of, 57, 59.

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Descartes, Rene, "Discours de la Methode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la verite dans les sciences;" Leyde, 1637.

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