Descartes, René

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

From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh

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