Rene Descartes (apr 11, 1596 – dec 11, 1650)
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Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system (see below) was named after him.
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