One of the most recognized rationalist was Rene Descartes. Descartes was born in 1596 in France. At a young age, Descartes began to wonder about the certainty of things. He wanted to understand the world solely based on rationality; Descartes was looking to explain the real truth about the world. He began by analyzing his understanding of the world and the sources of his knowledge. He realized that he had never questioned the things he had been told. Descartes recognized that he had no independent source to corroborate his knowledge. Indeed, by doubting everything that he once learnt from authority figures from the time, Descartes began eliminating almost everything he had thought of as knowledge (Mitchell 228). However, there were some ideas
