Rene Descartes (1596–1650) is the author of perhaps the most famous philosophical quote of all, cogito ergo sum, usually rendered as I think, therefore I am. There is however more to this quote, and ...

Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier, and spy, Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time in history: the first half of the ...

Probably the strangest biography of the year, this volume is the product of more than forty years of obsession by Watson, a professor of philosophy at Washington University, in St. Louis. He is less ...

The quote of the day today is from René Descartes, one of the greatest philosophers and mathematicians in France. He emphasizes rationality and logical thinking in order to perceive reality through ...

The influential phrase epitomizes the French philosopher’s search for truth in a world of doubt. The philosopher wrote “Discourse” out of a growing dissatisfaction with his education and ...

RENÉ DESCARTES (1596–1650), philosopher and mathematician, is of course universally, regarded as the inventor of the method of co-ordinates in geometry; hence the common name for them, Cartesian ...