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Despite having gained a law degree, Rene Descartes realized at an early stage, that his real interests were in philosophy, theology and medicine. The author of ‘I think, therefore I am’, he believed that all science is one, and that its mastery is universal wisdom. Rene questioned many aspects of psychology, as he distrusted a person’s perception, as unreliable and subject to change. He favoured rationalism and empiricism and therefore helped introduce the scientific method. Get acquainted with one of history’s most innovative thinkers, remembered as the ‘Father of Modern Philosophy’.
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