Title

Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1672. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1672. Regarded as one of the great figures in the history of Western thought, Descartes (1596-1650) is widely considered to be the father of modern philosophy. From an edition of his Principia Philosophica. (Amsterdam, 1672).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1672

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_089

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No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,7in x 15,3in / 3813 x 4579 (300dpi)

Keywords

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