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René Descartes
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French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
- Child of Joachim Descartes and Jeanne Brochard
- Dated 31 March 1596 CE – 11 February 1650 CE
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
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Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
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Documented influence 16
- was influenced by Anselm of Canterbury 11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian
- was influenced by Aristotle Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Francisco Suárez
- was influenced by Marin Mersenne
- was influenced by Plato 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
- was influenced by William of Ockham English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
- influenced Benedictus de Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
- influenced Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
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- influenced Christina of Sweden Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)
- influenced Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
- influenced Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
- influenced Henri Bergson French philosopher (1859–1941)
- influenced Hermann Cohen German philosopher (1842–1918)
- influenced Isaac Newton English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
- influenced Nicolas Malebranche French philosopher
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