Location: Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Cause of death: Pneumonia
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by René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic.
He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditationes de Prima Philosophia / Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) continues to be a standard text at many Universities. His best known philosophical statement is Cogito ergo sum / Je pense, donc je suis / I think, therefore I am.
He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditationes de Prima Philosophia / Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) continues to be a standard text at many Universities. His best known philosophical statement is Cogito ergo sum / Je pense, donc je suis / I think, therefore I am.
He died in Stockholm and was interred in Adolf Fredriks kyrka but in 1666 his remains were taken to France and buried in the Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. His remains were again transferred in 1819 to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, missing a finger and the skull.
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