René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often referred to as the "father of modern philosophy." He is best known for his philosophical statement "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"), which became a fundamental element of Western philosophy. Descartes made significant contributions to mathematics, particularly through the development of Cartesian coordinates, which laid the groundwork for analytical geometry.

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