This quote of the day by René Descartes highlights the idea that intelligence alone is not enough for success in life. What ...

Rene Descartes (1596–1650) is the author of perhaps the most famous philosophical quote of all, cogito ergo sum, usually rendered as I think, therefore I am. There is however more to this quote, and ...

How are you? Of course, I realize that how you are is actually not. You have, in fact, ceased to exist. And you've been dead for a long time. Since your passing in 1650, however, your ideas continue ...

A letter by René Descartes that was stolen over 150 years ago has been discovered in a small American college by a Dutch scholar. Dr Erik-Jan Bos stumbled upon a mention of the letter of 27 May 1641 – ...

Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier, and spy, Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time in history: the first half of the ...