Definition of Rene Descartes

1. Noun. French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650).

Exact synonyms: Descartes
Generic synonyms: Mathematician, Philosopher
Derivative terms: Cartesian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rene Descartes

Remulakian
Remus
Renaissance
Renaissance Latin
Renaissance man
Renaissance men
Renaissant
Renascence
Renata
Renata Tebaldi
Renaults
Renaut body
Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome
Rene-Robert Cavelier
Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
Rene Descartes (current term)
Rene Magritte
Renee
Renjith
Rennellese
Rennellese Sign Language
Rennes
Reno
Renoir
Renoirs
Renpenning
Renpenning's syndrome
Renshaw cells
Reoviridae
Reovirus

Literary usage of Rene Descartes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. French and English Philosophers: Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hobbes: With by René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes (1910)
"... ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON AND SEEKING THE TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES BY Rene Descartes PART I GDOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."

2. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French * by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."

3. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French * by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."

4. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Rene Descartes (1596-1650) DISCOURSE ON METHOD Translated from the French * by JOHN VEITCH PART I GOOD SENSE is, of all things among men, ..."

5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON AND SEEKING THE TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES BY Rene Descartes PART IG)OD SENSE is, of all things among ..."

6. The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1912)
"B. CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHERS THROUGH LEIBNIZ Rene Descartes: THE PLURALISTIC DUALIST I. LIFE (1596-1650) Rene" Descartes, born of a noble family in Touraine, ..."

7. A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery: From by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"These were Francis Bacon in England, and Rene ' Descartes in France. Francis Bacon, commonly known as Lord Bacon, was born in London in 1561, ..."

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