Rene Descartes was born in 1596. Shortly after he was born, his mother died, So his father sent him to live with his grandmother.
Joachim Descartes is his father, and Jeanne Brochard is his mother. If you didn't know, and it may be obvious that they never got married. Jeanne and Anna Descartes are his sisters, and Pierre and Joachim Jr. are his brothers.
His father really wanted him to have a good education, so at the age of about ten his father sent him to boarding school at Jesuit College of Henri IV in La Fleche. He studied logic, theology, philosophy, Latin, and Greek here for about 7 years.
Shortly after leaving Jesuit College he began to study at University of Poitiers . This is where he would earn a degree in law before joining the Army for a short period of time.
He Joined the army and participated in a few battles. This is where he met one of his most influential people and teachers in his life. Isaac Beeckman was able to spark his interest in science and mathematics again.
Descartes was also influenced by William Harvey, Francois Viete, and Ibn al-Haytham.
Harvey was a physician, Viete and al-Haytham were mathematicians, and Beeckham was a Dutch philosopher. Descartes was their notable student.
Rene Descartes became a French Philosopher, creative mathematician, and an original metaphysician.
He was the first to make a graph. This graph allowed a geometric interpretation of a mathematical function.
Descartes also believed that a system of knowledge should start from first principles, and then it should continue mathematically to a sequence of withdrawal, lowering physics to mathematics.
He is famous for making an important connection between geometry, and algebra. This allowed people to solve geometrical problems by using algebraic equations.
Descartes created Cartesian geometry which is also known as analytic geometry, or coordinate geometry. This is the study of geometry while using a coordinate system. It is used a lot in physics, engineering, aviation, rocketry, space science, and space flight.
Descartes wrote Meditations on First Philosophy, First Meditation, Fourth Meditation, The Passions of the Soul, Principles of Philosophy, Discourse on the Method, Fifth Meditation, Third Meditation, Philosophical Works, Treatise of Man, Rules for the Direction of the Mind, and many more.
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Rene Descartes was born in 1596. Shortly after he was born, his mother died, So his father sent him to live with his grandmother.
Joachim Descartes is his father, and Jeanne Brochard is his mother. If you didn't know, and it may be obvious that they never got married. Jeanne and Anna Descartes are his sisters, and Pierre and Joachim Jr. are his brothers.
His father really wanted him to have a good education, so at the age of about ten his father sent him to boarding school at Jesuit College of Henri IV in La Fleche. He studied logic, theology, philosophy, Latin, and Greek here for about 7 years.
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