Rene Descartes

"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."

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Source: Rene Descartes (2007). “The Geometry of Rene Descartes”, p.240, Cosimo, Inc.

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Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes

Philosopher, Mathematician

Rene Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician known for his influential work in rationalism and the development of Cartesian coordinates.

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