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First Meditation

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1641

Rene Descartes1641

Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Descartes uses systematic doubt to question beliefs derived from sensation and ordinary experience.

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Rene Descartes

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