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Descartes…L’Homme the Journey to Print

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French thinker of the empiricist thinker. Descartes was born in la Haye, in Touraine. He was the son of a provincial governor, Joachim Descartes, and his wife Jeanne Brochard.  After a short career of practicing … Continue reading →

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