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Show WHO SAID i I think, therefore I am " Theso now famous words are attribute,! at-tribute,! to I'.ene rL'scartcs, the great French philosopher and mathematician mathemati-cian who Is Rencrally credited with being the father of modern philosophy. philos-ophy. Descaries was one of the best educated edu-cated men of his time. Ho had studied In tho leading universities of Europe and through w ldo travel he acquired a vaat store of Information. He finally .settled lu Holland where he devoted himself to philosophical research Readily recognizing tho superstitions and inconsistencies under which the scientists of his day labored he de-termloed de-termloed to free himself from them, lie. therefore, discarded all the theories which he had been taught and started In anew to accept only the things which he could prove for himself. him-self. The first of these propositions was that he existed as a thinking being. be-ing. Be expressed this ir. the words I quoted. in this manner Descartes proceeded to develop his own philo-I philo-I sophlcal scheme without regard for I the precepts of those who had gone I before 1:1m. In addition to his work as a philosopher. philoso-pher. Descartes also contributed much to the science of mathematics and he I greatly extended the higher depart-I depart-I mentt of geometry. In astronomy he evolved a system which, for a time, attracted at-tracted greut attention but which is now exploded. He argued that the motion of the planeta was caused by immense currents of either moving through space. Descartes cl.ed In Sweden. February Febru-ary 11, 1.''0 WAYNE L. M.-Ml'KKAV. |