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René Descartes(1596-1650)

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René Descartes (Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 - 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and lay Catholic who invented analytic geometry, linking the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra. He spent a large portion of his working life in the Dutch Republic, initially serving the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces. One of the most notable intellectual figures of the Dutch Golden Age, Descartes is also widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy.

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The Thirteenth Floor

7.0

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1999

Venus Blue

5.3

Short

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1998

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The Thirteenth Floor
- quotation (as Descartes)
- 1999
Venus Blue
- poetry excerpts
- Short
- 1998

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Alternative name
- Descartes
Born
- March 31, 1596
- La Haye, Indre-et-Loire, France
Died
- February 11, 1650
- Stockholm, Sweden(respiratory infection)
Publicity listings
- 1 Biographical Movie
- 1 Portrayal

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I think that even in us all the motions of our limbs which accompany our passions are caused not by the soul but simply by the machinery of the body. The wagging of a dog's tail is only a movement accompanying a passion, and so is to be sharply distinguished, in my view, from speech, which alone shows the thought hidden in the body.