René Descartes person
also: Rene Descartes, Descartes
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“And my favorite quote from him is the fundamental natural law is this, that every man must cherish and maintain sociability so far as in him lies. Okay. Locke's next real big influence was a guy by the name of Rene Descartes. French philoso…”
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by René Descartes, who was living in the Netherlands, a Jewish philosopher named Maimonides, and really listened to a lot of the ancient Greek writings, the Christoics and the Epicureans. Now, I like Epicurus, but the Epicureans took it too…
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And my favorite quote from him is the fundamental natural law is this, that every man must cherish and maintain sociability so far as in him lies. Okay. Locke's next real big influence was a guy by the name of Rene Descartes. French philoso…
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These people are multi-disciplined for a reason. The whole logic, the philosophical thinking crossed over from math to science to economics. They weren't specialized to the degree we are now. And I think that's the... We always tried to mak…
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And Descartes, of course, is a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. He's the guy who said, I think, therefore, I am. Some of his other great quotes. Doubt is the origin of wisdom. I love that one. Yeah. Skeptici…