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the early 17th century a philosopher named Descartes, questioned his existence. His life was dedicated to the founding of a philosophical and mathematical system in which all sciences were logical. Descartes was born in 1596 in Touraine, France. His education consisted of attendance to a Jesuit school of La Fleche. He studied a liberal arts program that emphasized philosophy, the humanities, science, and math. He then went on to the University of Poitiers where he graduated …

…the premature age of 54, was a great mathematician and philosopher well disciplined in all genres. He will always be best remembered for proving his own existence by the statement, "I think, therefore I am." Works Consulted Cantor, Norman F. and Peter L. Klein, Eds. Seventeenth-Century Rationalism: Bacon And Descartes. London: Blaisdell, 1969. Kenny, Anthony. Descartes: A study of his Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1968. "Rene Descartes." Compton's Encyclopedia. Compton's Learning Company, 1996. On-line. AOL. (May. 2000). sfd bsgf