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René Descartes ( uitspraak ⓘ) of gelatiniseerd Renatus Cartesius ( La Haye en Touraine, 31 maart 1596 – Stockholm, 11 februari 1650) was een uit Frankrijk afkomstige filosoof en wiskundige, die een groot deel van zijn leven in de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden woonde. Zijn benadering van het probleem van de kennis en de aard van ...
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René Descartes ( / deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART or UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; Latinized:Renatus Cartesius; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13] [14] : 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
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Descartes schreef over Nederland: ‘Tussen al deze mensen die zeer bedrijvig zijn en zich meer bekommeren om hun eigen zaken dan dat ze nieuwsgierig zijn naar die van anderen, heb ik even eenzaam en teruggetrokken kunnen leven als in de meest afgelegen woestenij, zonder dat ik het gerief hoefde te missen van een drukke stad.’. .
Dec 3, 2008 · René Descartes (1596–1650) was a creative mathematician of the first order, an important scientific thinker, and an original metaphysician. During the course of his life, he was a mathematician first, a natural scientist or “natural philosopher” second, and a metaphysician third. In mathematics, he developed the techniques that made ...
René Descartes - Philosopher, Rationalism, Dualism: Descartes said that he went to the Netherlands to enjoy a greater liberty than was available anywhere else and to avoid the distractions of Paris and friends so that he could have the leisure and solitude to think. (He had inherited enough money and property to live independently.) The Netherlands was a haven of tolerance, where Descartes ...
Sep 22, 2020 · René Descartes was born on 31 March 1596 in La Haye, France. His father was a landowner and councilor for the Parliament of Brittany. Beginning at the age of the ten, the young Descartes received his education from the Jesuits at the College de La Flèche in the French province of Anjou - a school founded by Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610 ...
We think of René Descartes as a French philosopher, given that he was born in La Haye, France. Descartes, however, felt most at home among the Dutch. In 1618 he joined the army of the Dutch commander, Maurice of Nassau and even long after leaving the military, he chose to reside in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His return to France in 1620 ended in 1623 with a pilgrimage to Italy ...
