Rene Descartes Quotes
So far, I have been a spectator in this theater which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
Citations
Descartes, René. The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. Translated by John Cottingham et al., vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 1985, p. 2.
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René Descartes was a French-born philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who spent a large portion of his working life in the Dutch Republic, initially serving the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces. One of the most notable intellectual figures of the Dutch Golden Age, Descartes is also widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy.