A (very) Brief History of René Descartes

In this episode, we cover the history of René Descartes, a 17th century French mathematician and philosopher who is considered both the father of analytic geometry and modern philosophy.

EDIT: When talking about Isaac Beeckman, I meant to say "modern atomism" ( 3:35 ), as "atomism" itself was developed in 5th century BC by Democritus and Leucippus.

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-- TIMESTAMPS --
0:00 Intro screen
0:10 Intro
0:38 Early Life
1:34 Early Education
3:05 Military
4:20 Move to Holland
6:40 Le Monde & Marriage
8:32 Discourse on the Method
11:59 Meditations & Principles
13:24 Passions
14:19 Christina & Death
15:24 Conclusion

[chriscamano]

Thank you as always for your great work

[Loots]

I love your channel, I'm subscribed to it, but with peace and love atomism comes from Democritus and Leucippus in the FIFTH century BC, that is a whole 21 HUNDRED years before Beekman was even alive.

[danielthonk]

Very nice choice of music, I love Mozarts 20th piano concerto

[jamesexplainsmath]

Wasn't Descartes French rather than Scottish–as written in the description? Loved the video btw 😄

[rameshwarrathod]

Make video on Gottfried Wilhelm leibniz

[jarod]

I absolutely love your videos! I would really like to see a video on Emmy Noether

[Idkwhattonamess]

You are one of the most underrated channels that I know!

[nileshbagada]

Thank you very much ❤️
Keep it up 🙂🙂🙂👍

[simoncharbonneau]

Thank you for this. Easy philosophy homework.

[ryanhinojosa]

Please if you have the chance, could you do one on Emmy Noether ? Awesome channel btw love the content!

[humanadultfemale]

Thank you for your work
Can you make an episode of female philosopher or mathematician

[sva]

False narrative. Your narrative is absolutely wrong and not valid in so many points. Shame on you-