# René Descartes  French philosopher, mathematician, scientist. He has invented analytic geometry and linked geometry and algebra which were isolated before that. 1596 - 1650 ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[René Descartes]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[René Descartes]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Conquer yourself rather than the world]] - [[Je pense donc je suis]] - [[The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries]] - [[We cannot doubt of our existence while we doubt]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[René Descartes]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Conquer yourself rather than the world]] - [[Je pense donc je suis]] - [[We cannot doubt of our existence while we doubt]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[René Descartes]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->