René Descartes (Person)
René Descartes
1596 AD - 1650 AD
French-born philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who spent a large portion of his working life in the Dutch Republic and is one of the most notable intellectual figures of the Dutch Golden Age,
Descartes is also widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy.
His best known philosophical statement is "cogito, ergo sum" — "I think, therefore I am"; (French: Je pense, donc je suis), found in *Discourse on the Method (1637; in French and Latin) and Principles of Philosophy (1644, in Latin).
Descartes's influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system was named after him. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry—used in the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution.
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