The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.Rene Descartes
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
— RENE DESCARTES
Philosopher and mathematician · 1596 – 1650
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy. His statement 'I think, therefore I am' and his Discourse on Method laid groundwork for rationalism, and he also created analytic geometry.
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