Rene Descartes
I was Born on March 31st, 1596 in the town of La Haye in the south of France. My father was Joachim Descartes, a Councilor in Parliament and an intellectual who made certain to provide a fine learning environment for me. My family was a bourgeois family composed of mostly doctors and some lawyers. I attended  the Jesuit college of Henri IV in La Flèche, where I studied literature, grammar, science, and mathematics.  In 1614, I left La Flèche to study civil and cannon Law at Poitiers, where I received my baccalaureate and licentiate degrees in Law.  Aside from my Law degrees, I also spend time studying philosophy, theology, and medicine. I was always a frail individual, and I usually spend most of my mornings in bed. In my later years, I moved to Sweden to tutor Queen Christina in philosophy.  Unfortunately, the Queen was an early riser who wanted her lessons at 5:00 am. This new schedule did not help my fragile health, and I was diagnosed pneumonia, from which......

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