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descartes
/deɪˈkɑɹt/
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What does descartes mean?
proper noun
- A surname from French
- René Descartes: a French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650.
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The reformers of science like Galileo, Descartes, and their successors, carried analogous methods into ascertaining the facts about nature.
When Descartes and others attempted to raise the same point, they were treated with contempt.
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I then desired the governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi, with whom I prevailed to explain their systems to Aristotle.
"If it is possible to perfect mankind, the means of doing so will be found in the medical sciences."-- DESCARTES.
It was a philosopher of another kidney, Rene Descartes, who did more than anyone else to help men to realize the value of the better way which Harvey had pointed out.