Renee Descartes (1595-1650) 3.23.2001 Renee Descartes was a famous French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. His views about knowledge and certainty, as well as his views about the relationship between mind and body have been very influential over the last three centuries. Descartes was born in La Haye, France on March 31, 1595. He was the second of a family with two sons and one daughter. Descartes’ family was very wealthy. His father was a lawyer and he gave …showed first 75 words of 576 total…

…showed last 75 words of 576 total…from the French court in honor of his discoveries. He went to Sweden on the invitation of Queen Christina of Sweden. On February 11, 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden Descartes died of pneumonia. Descartes’ chief contributions to mathematics were his analytical geometry and his theory of vortices. He is also well noted for his philosophical system of thought called the “Cartesian” Theory, which id based on the idea of his statement, “ I think therefore I exist”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**