Research Paper On Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was a famous French scientist, mathematician and philosopher. Descartes’ philosophy has grown from his life. Let’s see how he lived and his philosophies appeared and grow. He was the first philosopher of his times who made an effort to defeat skepticism. His views about knowledge and about the relationship between mind and body were very influential over centuries. Descartes may be considered as the first in the modern school of mathematics.
In 1596 on March 31 Descartes was born in La Haye, in the family of Descartes. He was born in a big family and was a served child. His father was a magistrate and lawyer, and he was very busy. When Descartes was very small his mother died, and he was parted with his relatives. About 10 years old he was sent in to the Jesuit college of La Fleche. He was there about four years, and entered the University of Poitiers; he received his Baccalaureate and License in Canon & Civil Law in 1615. …show more content…
In 1618 at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted in the army of Prince Maurice of Nassau.
He was drown to the Corps of Engineers. This division was engaged in applied mathematics, designing a variety of structures and machines aimed at assisting and protecting soldiers in battle.
In Breda Descartes he met Isaac Beeckman. Beeckman had become more than teacher for him. Descartes wrote the Compendium Musicae through this friendship. Also he worked over the Compendium - attempted theory of harmony build on the concepts of proportion or ratio, which attempted to express the notion of harmony in mathematical terms. It would be published after Descartes 's
death.
Descartes left the army and in 1625 he emerged in Paris, there he met Father Marin Mersenne, a member of the Order of Minims. This meeting prompt Descartes to public his works on natural philosophy.
In 1628 Descartes left Paris. He worked on the Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii (Rules for the Direction of the Mind). In 1630 he moved to Amsterdam. There he worked on drafts of the Dioptrique (the Optics) and the Meteors (the Meteorology). In 1632 he moved again to Deventer, to teach Henry Reneri his physics. There Descartes worked on a final part of the Traite de l 'homme (Treatise on Man).
In 1633When The World was ready for publication, upon hearing of the Church 's condemnation of Galileo in the same year, Descartes decided against its publication. For, the world system he had adopted in the book assumed the heliocentric Copernican model.
Around 1635, Reneri began teaching “Cartesian” physics. In 1636 Descartes obtained an official chair in Philosophy at the University of Utrecht, and built a following of students interested in Cartesian science. In 1636 Descartes moved to Leiden to work out the publishing of the Discourse, which was published in 1637.
The Discourse is the first of published Descartes ' works, coming some years after his abandonment of the publishing of The World. In this work Descartes tells about his early education, and about his early exposure to mathematics.
The importance of the connection that Descartes made between geometry and algebra was great. This connection made a revolution in math and its theories. Before this idea the science had the other ways of counts and theories. This changing renewed all the system, not only math, but also other sciences.
Descartes began writing the Meditations in 1639 and in two years he returned to Leiden to help work out its publication. Now, the Meditations is the most popular Descartes 's work. This work is still important to modern students for some reasons: one of them is that it includs as an attached the text written thoughts from some of the best minds living in Paris. The Meditations were by Mersenne to philosophers and theologians for criticism.
Descartes moved to Egmond du Hoef. There Descartes began to correspond with the Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia. Princess Elizabeth probed Descartes on the implications of his commitment to mind-body dualism. During this time, he completed a final draft of a new textbook, which he had begun three years earlier, the Principia Philosophiae, and it was published in 1644. Descartes dedicated it to Princess Elizabeth.
The Principles is a very interesting text. The work has four Parts, and 54 articles. Part One describes Descartes ' metaphysics. Meditations are shortly described here. There are some of dissimilarities, the order of presentation of the proofs for God 's existence, which some have argued is significant, found in the completed as planned.
The Principles directed a state that a vacuum was impossible. Descartes sureness that the essence of body was extension came out his rejection of the possibility of a vacuum. Nothing cannot possess, given that extension is an attribute, and that any attributes it follows that “nothingness cannot possess any extension”. Any instance of extension entails the presence of some substance.
In 1646 Descartes completed a working draft of Passions de l 'ame, as a result of the probing of Princess Elizabeth. Regius published a new and improved version of Cartesian science, which would draw the wrath of Voetius. But Regius did not stop there, for he seemed to have found important differences between Descartes 'view and that of his “Cartesian”. Descartes wrote a single-page printed defense as a response. Published in 1648, the Notae in Programma Quoddam is Descartes ' public defense. Tensions mounted as a result of the public exchange. 1649 he left for Sweden.
Descartes illness quickly turned into a serious infection. In the early morning of 11 February 1650 he died. He was fifty-three years old. His has a very lonely way of life. May be this fact influenced on his works and theories, but it helped him to develop his theories and to bring new way of thought to the world of science.
The historical significance of Descartes’ philosophy is really very great. His works influenced on the best minds of his and not only his time. The most brilliant minds are still interested in Descartes’ philosophy. Historically he was connected with many great scientists of that time. His works influenced on a big group of students and maid them think. Philosophers get new area for thought, thinking and making outputs.
Mathematicians and other sciences were reviewed and new way of thought was born. The thought of “God’s existence” gave a birth to new thoughts and new understanding of the theory of things being. Historically his work was a kind of bomb that broke the reality of that time and gave a birth to the new theories and thoughts.
Historical significance of Descartes’ philosophy is clearly very important and has a great influence on the best minds of all times. Historically his works were the innovations and brought changes into the world of science.
It should be said that Descartes thoughts and works made a great historical layer in science which is still actual and make many smart minds think.
Bibliography
Wikipedia contributors, Confucius, URL = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Descartes .
Garber, Daniel, 2001, Descartes Embodied, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Machamer, Peter and McGuire, J.E., 2009, Descartes 's Changing Mind, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes, 2007г., The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes, University of Chicago Press.
In 1596 on March 31 Descartes was born in La Haye, in the family of Descartes. He was born in a big family and was a served child. His father was a magistrate and lawyer, and he was very busy. When Descartes was very small his mother died, and he was parted with his relatives. About 10 years old he was sent in to the Jesuit college of La Fleche. He was there about four years, and entered the University of Poitiers; he received his Baccalaureate and License in Canon & Civil Law in 1615. …show more content…
In 1618 at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted in the army of Prince Maurice of Nassau.
He was drown to the Corps of Engineers. This division was engaged in applied mathematics, designing a variety of structures and machines aimed at assisting and protecting soldiers in battle.
In Breda Descartes he met Isaac Beeckman. Beeckman had become more than teacher for him. Descartes wrote the Compendium Musicae through this friendship. Also he worked over the Compendium - attempted theory of harmony build on the concepts of proportion or ratio, which attempted to express the notion of harmony in mathematical terms. It would be published after Descartes 's
death.
Descartes left the army and in 1625 he emerged in Paris, there he met Father Marin Mersenne, a member of the Order of Minims. This meeting prompt Descartes to public his works on natural philosophy.
In 1628 Descartes left Paris. He worked on the Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii (Rules for the Direction of the Mind). In 1630 he moved to Amsterdam. There he worked on drafts of the Dioptrique (the Optics) and the Meteors (the Meteorology). In 1632 he moved again to Deventer, to teach Henry Reneri his physics. There Descartes worked on a final part of the Traite de l 'homme (Treatise on Man).
In 1633When The World was ready for publication, upon hearing of the Church 's condemnation of Galileo in the same year, Descartes decided against its publication. For, the world system he had adopted in the book assumed the heliocentric Copernican model.
Around 1635, Reneri began teaching “Cartesian” physics. In 1636 Descartes obtained an official chair in Philosophy at the University of Utrecht, and built a following of students interested in Cartesian science. In 1636 Descartes moved to Leiden to work out the publishing of the Discourse, which was published in 1637.
The Discourse is the first of published Descartes ' works, coming some years after his abandonment of the publishing of The World. In this work Descartes tells about his early education, and about his early exposure to mathematics.
The importance of the connection that Descartes made between geometry and algebra was great. This connection made a revolution in math and its theories. Before this idea the science had the other ways of counts and theories. This changing renewed all the system, not only math, but also other sciences.
Descartes began writing the Meditations in 1639 and in two years he returned to Leiden to help work out its publication. Now, the Meditations is the most popular Descartes 's work. This work is still important to modern students for some reasons: one of them is that it includs as an attached the text written thoughts from some of the best minds living in Paris. The Meditations were by Mersenne to philosophers and theologians for criticism.
Descartes moved to Egmond du Hoef. There Descartes began to correspond with the Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia. Princess Elizabeth probed Descartes on the implications of his commitment to mind-body dualism. During this time, he completed a final draft of a new textbook, which he had begun three years earlier, the Principia Philosophiae, and it was published in 1644. Descartes dedicated it to Princess Elizabeth.
The Principles is a very interesting text. The work has four Parts, and 54 articles. Part One describes Descartes ' metaphysics. Meditations are shortly described here. There are some of dissimilarities, the order of presentation of the proofs for God 's existence, which some have argued is significant, found in the completed as planned.
The Principles directed a state that a vacuum was impossible. Descartes sureness that the essence of body was extension came out his rejection of the possibility of a vacuum. Nothing cannot possess, given that extension is an attribute, and that any attributes it follows that “nothingness cannot possess any extension”. Any instance of extension entails the presence of some substance.
In 1646 Descartes completed a working draft of Passions de l 'ame, as a result of the probing of Princess Elizabeth. Regius published a new and improved version of Cartesian science, which would draw the wrath of Voetius. But Regius did not stop there, for he seemed to have found important differences between Descartes 'view and that of his “Cartesian”. Descartes wrote a single-page printed defense as a response. Published in 1648, the Notae in Programma Quoddam is Descartes ' public defense. Tensions mounted as a result of the public exchange. 1649 he left for Sweden.
Descartes illness quickly turned into a serious infection. In the early morning of 11 February 1650 he died. He was fifty-three years old. His has a very lonely way of life. May be this fact influenced on his works and theories, but it helped him to develop his theories and to bring new way of thought to the world of science.
The historical significance of Descartes’ philosophy is really very great. His works influenced on the best minds of his and not only his time. The most brilliant minds are still interested in Descartes’ philosophy. Historically he was connected with many great scientists of that time. His works influenced on a big group of students and maid them think. Philosophers get new area for thought, thinking and making outputs.
Mathematicians and other sciences were reviewed and new way of thought was born. The thought of “God’s existence” gave a birth to new thoughts and new understanding of the theory of things being. Historically his work was a kind of bomb that broke the reality of that time and gave a birth to the new theories and thoughts.
Historical significance of Descartes’ philosophy is clearly very important and has a great influence on the best minds of all times. Historically his works were the innovations and brought changes into the world of science.
It should be said that Descartes thoughts and works made a great historical layer in science which is still actual and make many smart minds think.
Bibliography
Wikipedia contributors, Confucius, URL = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Descartes .
Garber, Daniel, 2001, Descartes Embodied, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Machamer, Peter and McGuire, J.E., 2009, Descartes 's Changing Mind, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes, 2007г., The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes, University of Chicago Press.