"I think, therefore I am." What French double-threat was a genius mathematician and "the first modern philosopher"?
Answer René Descartes
René Descartes kicked off rationalist thought with his 17th-century ideas. His original French statement with its Latin translation, "Cogito, ergo sum" – "I think, therefore I am" – really makes you think...and exist.
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