Rene Descartes Research Paper

René Descartes René Descartes was born on March 31,1596 in La Haye, Touraine, France, which is later named Descartes (“Rene Descartes,” Encyclopedia Britannica). His father, Joachim, was a councillor in the Parliament, and owned farms and houses. His mother died when he was only one years old (“Rene Descartes,” Encyclopedia Britannica). His family was Roman Catholic, which made a massive impact on Descartes life. He continued his education at a Jesuit school named after Henry IV. He later moved to the Netherlands in order to find solitude to think (“Rene Descartes,” Encyclopedia Britannica). There, he went on to write the first draft of the Meditations (“Rene Descartes,” Encyclopedia Britannica). He also had a daughter who died at the age of five from scarlet fever. René Descartes made an enormous impact on not only philosophy, but math, science, and theology. He is known as a ““mathematician, scientist, and philosopher” (“Rene Descartes,” …show more content…
He explained this by saying that in order to be deceived, there must be an “I,” being deceived. He then goes onto to say, that the fact that he is even thinking of this, whether what he is thinking is true or false, means that an “I” exists (“Rene Descartes,” Internet Encyclopedia). In the mind-body relationship conversation, he believes he is a “thinking thing” (Descartes Meditations). Descartes says that humans know more of their mind than their body. The belief that one’s body is theirs is not as definite, as the belief that one’s mind is theirs, for they are the ones doing the thinking. It is believed that, because we are thinking beings, our “image of corporeal things” (Descartes Meditations) is subject to deception which is perceived by our thoughts. This, in turn, proves the knowledge of one’s mind bring more definite than the knowledge of one’s