Antique 19th-century engraving of a portrait of Rene Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He is credited the "Father

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Antique 19th-century engraving of a portrait of Rene Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He is credited the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Analytical Geometry". Born on March 31, 1596 in La Haye en Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France, Descartes died on February 11, 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden. Illustration published in Bilder-Atlas zur Weltgeschichte nach Kunstwerken alter und neuer Zeit (Stuttgart, Verlag Paul Neff, 1882).

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Size: 5000px × 6692px
Location: Berlin
Photo credit: © Les Archives Digitales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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