Rene Descartes (1596-1650) (jan 1, 1596 – jan 1, 1650)

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-read Galileo's dialogue, proved it with math
-analytic and coordinate geometry, optics, physics
-rationalism, deductive method
-Cartesian dualism (ut mind, eu matter)
-Cartesianism (substance dualism, matter and mind distinct)
-mechanistic philosophy (all objects under natural law, universe is a predictable machine)
-alarmed RCC
-wrote in vernacular

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