Rene Descartes

A detailed Summary of Rene Descartes

Rene` Descartes was born in La Haye, Touraine(a former province

of France) March 31, 1596. He spent all of his childhood in France.

His father was a minor nobleman and counsillor of the Parliament of

Brittany, his title was noblesse de la robe. Descartes mother was not

as prominate as her husband but she was quite wealthy. The

nationality of both his parents is French. His religion was Roman

In 1606 at the age of eight Descartes enrolled in the Jesuit

college of La Fleche in Anjou, to study mathematics and Scholastic

philosophy, which was used to understand Christian doctrine. Upon

leaving school Descartes studied law at Poitiers University until

graduation in 1616 but he never attempted to practice law outside

school. He spent years wandering through Europe until he finally

settled in the Netherlands in 1618 where he joined the services of

Prince Maurice who was the leader of the UP of the Netherlands. He

make a trek to Italy in 1623 until 1624 and then he went to France and

stayed four years until 1628. When Descartes wa

non-spherical lenses for spectacles etc.

him into false reasons of a number of physical phenomena. While

while still Stockholm the severity of the winter caused him to get

first work Philosophical Essays. The work focused on four subjects

being true. While Descartes was in the Netherlands he published his

during the winter of 1649 Descartes was instructed to go to Stockholm

Approximate Word count = 717
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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