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Each Author The Search for Knowledge Rules for Investigation I
Think, Therefore I am Truth in Clarity and Distinctness
Publication and Experiment A Thinking Thing What is Clearly
Apprehended Material Things and Imagination Origins of
Sensations Passions of the Soul The Connection in the Brain Joy
and Cheerfulness René Descartes (1596-1650) was born at La Haye,
Touraine, France. He was educated at the Jesuit school of La
Flèche between 1604 and 1612, after which went to Paris. He
withdrew into mathematical studies between 1614 and 1616, then
emerged to enlist in the army of Prince Maurice of Orange,
probably because it gave him a means of "considering the manners
of other men" (extract 2). In 1619 he volunteered for military
service in Bavaria. About this time, he had the inspiration that
led to the method he developed for solving philosophical and
scientific problems. He quit military service in 1621, returning
to France where, by selling some pr