About René Descartes
René Descartes (1596–1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy. His influential work, *Meditations on First Philosophy*, introduced foundational concepts such as doubt and self-awareness, encapsulated in the famous phrase "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). Additionally, Descartes made significant contributions to mathematics, particularly through Cartesian coordinates and analytical geometry, bridging the gap between algebra and geometry.
