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DESCARTES, RENE
DESCARTES, RENE
ScnMaster
(1596 - 1650)
French
mathematician and
philosopher
. Father of the modern scientific method. He
formulated
the principle "I think, therefore I am" and held it to be a
model
of
certainty
.
—
Notes
on the Lectures Glossary Final approval 26 March 1990