Rene Descartes: I think, therefore I am Flashcards

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French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher ____ was born in France, on March 31, 1596, and passed away in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 11, 1650. I think, therefore I am (originally in French, but best known by its Latin translation: “Cogito, ergo sum”) is the philosophical axiom that made him famous. The metaphysical claim that the mind and body are two distinct entities that interact with one another is known as Cartesian dualism, which he is also credited with creating.

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Rene Descartes

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