Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosopher
mathematician scientist |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
March 31, 1596
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| gptkbp:bornIn |
La Haye en Touraine
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| gptkbp:contribution |
foundational work in modern philosophy
advancement of scientific method development_of_Cartesian_coordinate_system |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
February 11, 1650
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| gptkbp:diedIn |
gptkb:Stockholm
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
Cogito, ergo sum
The mind is everything. If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. I think, therefore I am. The more perfect a thing is, the more it resembles the divine. |
| gptkbp:field |
mathematics
philosophy science |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
René Descartes
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
Immanuel Kant |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:St._Augustine
gptkb:Galileo_Galilei Aristotle |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
gptkb:Cartesian_dualism
Cartesian coordinate system Cogito, ergo sum philosophical skepticism analytical geometry method of doubt |
| gptkbp:nationality |
French
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| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:philosopher
mathematician scientist |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Amsterdam
gptkb:Paris gptkb:Utrecht |
| gptkbp:style |
Rationalism
Modern philosophy |
| gptkbp:wrote |
Geometry
Meditations on First Philosophy Discourse on the Method Principles of Philosophy |