PhilosophersRené Descartes
René Descartes
Doubt everything to find what survives doubt.
Rationalism1596 – 1650 FranceRationalistDualistTheistMathematician
Inspirations
Augustin "if I err, I am"
La scolastiquehis training, which he rejects
Montaignethe scepticism to defeat
Galiléemathematical physics
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