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Wikipedia: René Descartes, (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius, was a French philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy", and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments.
![[René Descartes with Queen Christina of Sweden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ren_C3_A9_Descartes_i_samtal_med_Sveriges_drottning_2C_Kristina_s.jpg "René Descartes with Queen Christina of Sweden")
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![[René Descartes at work.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Descartes3_s.jpg "René Descartes at work.")
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![[Handwritten letter by Descartes, December 1638.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Handwritten_letter_by_Descartes_December_1638_s.jpg "Handwritten letter by Descartes, December 1638.")
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