Background
Childhood
Philosophy
Accomplishments
Impact
100
What was his date of birth?
What is March 31, 1596?
100
Who were the children sent to live with after their mother's death?
Who is their Grandmother?
100
Called "The father of modern ________?"
What is Philosophy?
100
He invented analytic what?
What is Geometry.
100
Descartes was well respected as a __________, a ___________, and a ____________.
What are scientist, mathematician, and philosopher.
200
Where was he born?
What is La Haye, France?
200
At what age was Descartes sent off?
What is 11?
200
He disregarded "old philosophy" also known as?
What is Aristotelianism?
200
He used new methods of investigating what?
What is Nature?
200
He had theories of knowledge and relations between _______ and ________.
What are Mind and Matter?
300
How many siblings does he have?
What is two.
300
Where did he attend school?
What is Jesuit College?
300
He rejected substantial forms as explanatory principles in ________?
What is physics?
300
One work of Descartes is "Discourse on ________?"
What is Method?
300
He influenced many future ____________.
What are Philosophers?
400
What is his sisters name?
What is Jeanne?
400
In what year did he start Jesuit College?
What is 1607?
400
He denied that all ________ comes from _________?
What is knowledge from Sensation?
400
He was the first philosopher to describe the physical universe in terms of __________ and __________.
What is Matter and Motion.
400
He created a new system of what?
What is Thought?
500
What was the name of his brother who died as a baby?
What is Pierre?
500
What year did he leave Jesuit college?
What is 1614?
500
Complete this quote "I think - therefore i _______."
What is know?
500
Name the Two major works by Descartes relating to Philosophy.
What are Meditations on first Philosophy and Principles of Philosophy?
500
His new system of thought would unify all what?
What is Knowledge?
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