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Rene Descartes
58. René Descartes - dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy"

Rene Descartes was born March 31, 1596 in La Haye, France. He died on February 11, 1650, of lung trouble at the age of 53.

School	Cartesianism, Rationalism, Foundationalism
Main interests	Metaphysics, Epistemology, Science, Mathematics

In 1622 he returned to France, and during the next few years spent time in Paris and other parts of Europe. He arrived in La Haye in 1623, selling all of his property, investing this remuneration in bonds which provided Descartes with a comfortable income for the rest of his life. Descartes was present at the siege of La Rochelle by Cardinal Richelieu in 1627.

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It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Without doubt one always looks more carefully at what one believes must be seen by many than at what one does only for oneself, and often the things that have seemed to me to be true when I began to conceive them have appeared false to me when I wanted to put them on paper.

I didn't find anything on his family probably didn't have any parents, or kids, wife's.