Descartes, Rene
<p>May 25, 2014 07:36 PM</p>
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born 1596 died at age 53 in 1650 in Stockholm;</p>
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most of his life in the Dutch Republic.</p>
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Meditations on First Philos. stnd text.</p>
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note: Leibniz was a contemp of Newton and both were born around 1646... when Descartes died.</p>