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Cartesian   /kɑrtˈiʒən/   Listen
Cartesian

adjective
1.
Of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works.



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"Cartesian" Quotes from Famous Books



... natural principles of human understanding, and conclusions thence deduced by the strength of human reason; but even in the ideas of outward objects, which are perceived by the outward senses: as that noble Christian philosopher Boethius hath well observed; to which also the Cartesian philosophy agreeth." I quote only to show the concurrence of others, with Harris's position. Barclay carries on his argument with much more of a similar import. See ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown
... The Cartesian took the floor and said: "The soul is a pure spirit that has received in the belly of its mother all metaphysical ideas, and which, leaving that place, is obliged to go to school, and to learn all over again what it already knew, and will not ...
— Romans — Volume 3: Micromegas • Voltaire


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