Rene Descartes

"If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it is by... chance that I arrive at the truth, and I shall still be at fault.... In this incorrect use of free will may be found the privation which constitutes the essence of error."

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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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