Persepolis+-+Descartes



 René   Descartes, also known as //Renatus Cartesius,// was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer//.// He was dubbed “Father of Modern Philosophy” and “Father of Modern Mathematics” because of his writings, which are still being studied to this day. He would write his topic “as if no one had written on theses matters before”.

He was a major figure in the 17th century mainly to rationalism and created the Cartesian coordinate system. With this, Descartes founded analytic geometry, or the bridge between algebra and geometry. With his reflections on mind and mechanism began the pull of western thought that later, urged by the invention of the electronic computer, machine intelligence, and soon into the Turing test. His most famous quote is “I think, therefore I am”. Descartes was born in La Have en Touraine (now known as Descartes) Indre-et-Loire, France. At the age of eight, the went to the Jesuit College Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Fleche. After his graduation he studied at University of Poitiers and earned a Baccalaureat and License in law in 1616. He then became a lawyer. He never practiced law, however, and during the Thirty Years’ War in 1618 he entered the service of Maurice of Nassau, the leader of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His reason for this was he wanted to see the world and discover the truth. <span style="COLOR: #2e63ea; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #2e14d7; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #3111e8; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #5a40f7; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0a3ad6; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">While in Breda, Descartes met <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">[|Isaac Beekman] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> who sparked his interest in mathematics and physics. While in Germany on November 10, 1619, Descartes had a dream that he “discovered the foundations of a marvelous science”. This helped him to develop analytic geometry. He continued after this to research the connection between mathematics and nature; Descartes continued to publish work even after Beekman accused him of plagiarism and the death of Galileo. In 1647 he was awarded a pension by the King of France. Rene Descartes died on February 11 suffering from pneumonia. <span style="COLOR: #48abea; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Tying into the book: Descartes is mention on page 12 in Persepolis when Marj is reading about him. The book she is reading is about Descartes and Marx. He is mention because he is most famous for understanding Materialism along with the help of Bacon and Hegel. Galileo had already begun the study of Materialism while the three argued over it. Descartes and Bacon were on the same sides while Hegel was on his own. Descartes is know as Materialism since he doesn’t doubt the existence of the material world.

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