Directory of Descartes, René Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about René Descartes (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer, referred to as the "Founder of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics".

Resources in This Category

• Catholic Encyclopedia: René Descartes

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744b.htm
  Biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Descartes, René

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/descarte/
  Biography of the early modern philosopher who rejected religious authority in the quest for scientific and philosophical knowledge.

• René Descartes

  http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/descartes.html
  An eighth-grader introduces the man who said, "I think; therefore, I am."

• René Descartes

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Descartes.html
  Biography from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.

• Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)

  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Descartes/RouseBall/RB_Descartes.html
  Excerpt from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball.

• René Descartes' Life and Works

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/
  Provides a detailed look at his life and writings.

• Wikipedia - René Descartes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
  Encyclopedia article about the influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer.

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