What is another word for Rene Descartes?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪnˈɛ dɪskˈɑːts] (IPA)

Rene Descartes was a prominent philosopher, mathematician, and scientist known for his contributions to Western philosophy. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy. Other synonyms for Descartes include the "Father of Modern Philosophy," the "Father of Analytic Geometry," and the "Father of Rationalism." He also contributed to the development of the Cartesian Coordinate System, which is still used in mathematics today. Descartes remains an influential figure in philosophy and mathematics, and his ideas continue to shape and influence these fields today.

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  • I watch Fox news for the comedy, MSNBC when I need to be reminded that mind midgets exist and CNN when I want to check out the latest in media lies and special interest propaganda. On the other 364 days of the year I read the American transcendentalists, David Hume, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Niccolo Machiavelli and Diogenes of Sinope.
    James Scott
  • But whatever the deity which satisfied Arnold's personal experience may have been, the religion which he gives us in and is neither Deism nor bare Pan-Deism, but a diluted Positivism. As an ethical system it is in theory admirable, but its positive value is in the highest degree questionable. Pascal's judgment upon the God who emerged from the philosophical investigations of Rene Descartes was that He was a God who was unnecessary. And one may with even greater truth say that the man who is able to receive and live by the religion which Arnold offers him is no longer in need of its help and stimulus. To be able to appreciate an ethical idealism a man must himself be already an ethical idealist.
    Matthew Arnold
  • The story of the brain's separation from the body begin with Rene Descartes. The most influential philosopher of the seventeenth century, Descartes divided being into two distinct substances: a holy soul and a mortal carcass. The soul was the source of reason, science, and everything nice. Our flesh, on the other hand, was "clock-like," just a machine that bleeds. With this schism, Descartes condemned the body to a life of subservience, a power plant for the brain's light bulbs.
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