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René Descartes
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist, often called the father of modern philosophy. His Discourse on the Method (1637) sets out a way of reasoning from doubt to certainty, beginning from 'I think, therefore I am'.
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“My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world.”
— René Descartes, Discourse on Method (1637), Part III, tr. John Veitch“I think, therefore I am (COGITO ERGO SUM).”
— René Descartes, Discourse on Method (1637), Part IV, tr. John Veitch