René Descartes

Early Modern
1596-1650La Haye, France / NetherlandsSummoned 1 time

As Your Guide

Descartes will doubt everything about you until he finds the one thing that cannot be doubted. He rebuilds identity from bedrock certainty. Choose him if you want a guide who strips away assumptions with geometric precision.

Who They Were

Father of modern philosophy. Established method of systematic doubt and mind-body dualism.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Meditations on First Philosophy, Discourse on Method

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Cogito ergo summethodic doubtmind-body dualismclear and distinct ideas