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Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes. By: Sean Walker, Evan Falkowski, and Ryan Coleman. Rene Descartes. Impact on Today. Biography. Government Connection. Works of Literature. Essential Questions. Philosophy. Bibliography. Government Beliefs. Biography. Born on : March 31, 1596 in La Haye , France.

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Rene Descartes

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  1. Rene Descartes By: Sean Walker, Evan Falkowski, and Ryan Coleman

  2. Rene Descartes Impact on Today Biography Government Connection Works of Literature Essential Questions Philosophy Bibliography Government Beliefs

  3. Biography Born on: March 31, 1596 in La Haye, France • Attended: Jesuit College of La Fleche and University of Poitiers • Died: February 11, 1650 in Sweden • Lived in: La Haye, France • Enlisted in the Dutch Army

  4. Works of Literature • Principia Philosaphiae- 1644 • Laws of motion and theory of vortices • Meditations on the First Philosophy- 1640 • Argues that humans are spirits • Discourse on Method • Le Monde- 1664

  5. The Cogito “I think, therefore I am” Any thinking being rather promptly asserts and proves its own existence, if only to itself. Rationalism Empiricism

  6. Scientific Method

  7. Government Beliefs Questioned the government “Natural Light of Reason”

  8. Todays Impact • Geometry • Algebra • Science • Mathematics • Democracy

  9. Government Connection Made citizens question the government. Questioned why there are Kings and Queens who live a higher life.

  10. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHxvMLoKRWg

  11. Essential Questions • 1. How does Rationalism affect the governments important decisions? • 2. What is your interpretation of the Cogito? • “I think, therefore I am.”

  12. Bibliography • Works Cited • Cottingham, John, ed. "RENE DESCARTES (1595-1650)." Oregon State Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. <http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html>. • Hatfield, Gary. "René Descartes." Spring 2014 edition. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Stanford Encylcopedia of Philosophy. Web. 7 Feb. 2014. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/>. • "René Descartes - Biography." The European Graduate School. Graduate and Postgraduate Studies, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. <http://www.egs.edu/library/rene-descartes/biography/>. • Skirry, Justin. "René Descartes (1596—1650)." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print. • Taylor, Quentin. "Descartes’s Paradoxical Politics." National Humanities Institute. Rogers State University, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://www.nhinet.org/taylor14-2.pdf>.

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