domingo, 14 de marzo de 2010

René Descartes, mac daddy of Modern Philosophy




Descartes was a french philosopher, he also did other things in his spare time like be a mathematician, physicist, and writer. He is the mac daddy of Modern Philosophy, menny of his writings are still studied today, and thanks to him math gained the Cartesian coordinate system help geometric shapes to be expressed in algebraic equations. He is also remembered for his famous phrase Cogito ergo sum. i Thin there for i am. He came to this conclusion when he was in an existential crisis that would have killed a prepubescent emo child, but Descartes toughed it out and through a series of inductions and deductions that if he thought he existed.

He favored rationalism, because he practically came up with it, believing stuff like that geometry was the answer to everything, that through reason you could understand universal questions, and that truth was born into us not gained through experience. He was excellent having influenced menny future philosophers, a all around mac daddy of Modern Philosophy

2 comentarios:

  1. you have a good job, it is understood by reference to the class

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  2. Its funny adn easy to understand, its nice, I love the image. May be you should put more about what you think of him.
    :D
    Carolina

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