Mathematician rene descartes for kids

René Descartes (March 31, 1596 - February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, was a philosopher and mathematician; perhaps most notable for the Cartesian coordinate system, which was influential upon the development of calculus.

He is considered as one of the most important and influential thinkers in human history and is sometimes called the founder of modern philosophy and the Father of Modern Mathematics.

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He also inspired his contemporaries and following generations of philosophers, leading them to form what we know today as Continental Rationalism, a philosophical position in the 17th and 18th centuries Europe.

He was born in La Haye[?], Indre-et-Loire, France and at the age of eight he entered the Jesuit College at La Fleche and after graduation studied law at the University of Poitiers, graduating in 1616.

He never practiced law, however; in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau, leader of the United Provinces of the Netherlan