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philosopher to begin with the impressions which are in our intellect (intellectual phenomenalism) and lay down the laws which reason must follow in order to arrive at reasonably certain philosophical
data" (Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). The Works of Descartes "Descartes was born in 1596 at La Haye in France," the son "of
a noble family, and was educated in the celebrated Jesuit college of La Fl?che, where he received a philosophical and scientific education according to the principles of the Scholasticism of
his day. Not fully satisfied with this first education, and urged on by a desire to better himself, he went first to Paris, and then enlisted in the army during
the Thirty Years War" (Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1619, while he was still in service, he decided to take a serious approach to meditation, wishing
to see how could somehow apply it to mathematics in terms of the science of philosophy. "During this time he conceived the four laws which he described in his work
Discourse on Method. He then abandoned the army, but before dedicating himself completely to philosophical meditation he undertook long travels throughout Europe" (Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm).
In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which apparently "offered him tranquillity for meditation and writing. He remained there until 1649" (Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002;
phildescartes1.htm). During his years in Holland he wrote almost every one of his works. "In 1649 he went to the court of Queen Christina of Sweden, being summoned there by
the Queen, who wished to study philosophy under his direction. Unable to resist the rigors of winter, he died in Sweden during 1650" (Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002;
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