A monument was observed within its walls erected to the memory of descartes, the famous French philosopher, who died at Stockholm in 1650, but whose remains were finally removed to Paris.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
He had not the logical thoroughness and consistency which marks a descartes or Spinoza, nor the singular subtlety which distinguishes Berkeley and Hume; nor the eloquence and imaginative power which gave to Bacon an authority greater than was due to his scientific requirements.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
He has learned from Bacon and descartes, perhaps, that his supposed science was useless lumber; and he has to speak to men who not only want plain language but are quite convinced that the pretensions of the old authority have been thoroughly exploded.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen