Additional Physical Format: Online version: Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Œuvres de Descartes. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Genre/Form: Personal correspondence Correspondence: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Descartes is often called the Father of Modern Philosophy , and much of early Western philosophy is a response to his writings. Cousin, tome II. Other resolutions: 134 × 240 pixels | 269 × 480 pixels | 336 × 600 pixels | 960 × 1,712 pixels. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. René Descartes 31 March 1596 - 11 February 1650 He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy", and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be studied closely to this day. René Descartes, né le 31 mars 1596 à La Haye (actuellement Descartes), et mort le 11 février 1650 à Stockholm, est un mathématicien, physicien et philosophe français. Œuvres de Descartes. René Descartes (1596-1650) - in latin RENATUS CARTESIUS French philosopher, "the father of modern philosophy," scientist and mathematician, whose philosophical conclusion, "Cogito; ergo sum" (Je pense, donc je suis; I think, therefore I am), is the best-known quotation in all philosophy and which revolutionized the ways of thinking. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Category:Œuvres de Descartes, éd. Rules, Discourse, Dioptric, Meditations, Letters [ext], The Passions of the Soul, The Search after Truth [ext] File:Descartes - Œuvres - VI, 107.jpg. File; File history; File usage on Commons; Size of this preview: 336 × 599 pixels. Jump to navigation Jump to search. René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer. Ren é DESCARTES (1596-1650) A. English editions of Descartes' works Descartes' Philosophical Writings [] tr., ed., Norman Kemp Smith, 1958 ed. Descartes writing are still studied closely to this day. René Descartes (/ d eɪ ˈ k ɑːr t /, also UK: / ˈ d eɪ k ɑːr t /, French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; adjectival form: Cartesian: 58 / k ɑːr ˈ t iː z i ə n,-iː ʒ ən /; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.