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Rene Descartes

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René Descartes (1596–1650) is hailed as one of the greatest thinkers of the modern age and considered the Founder of Modern Philosophy, and the Father of Modern Mathematics.   Descartes abandoned his early study of law and devoted his life to investigating the relationship between mathematics and nature.  His founding of analytical geometry paved the way for the invention of calculus and the Scientific Revolution.