Associations to the word «Descartes»
Noun
- Dewey
- Francis
- Proponent
- Universe
- Paris
- Johann
- Polynomial
- Rhetoric
- Void
- Formulation
- Essay
- Reject
- Doubt
- Follower
- Ontology
- Harvey
- Apollo
- Contradiction
- Explanation
- Denis
- Plurality
- Affirmation
- Fourier
- Error
- Experimentation
- Ethics
- Rigor
- Phenomenon
- Demon
- Theologian
- Wolff
- Perfection
- Vacuum
- Claude
- Worldview
- Dawkins
- Emotion
- Dissertation
- Passion
- Body
- Psychology
- Extension
- Analogy
- Science
- Impetus
- Metaphor
- Concept
- Equation
- Hoffmann
- Dun
- Ern
- Blanche
- Mechanical
- Nature
- Luther
- Forerunner
- Albrecht
- Realism
- Truth
- Freud
- Belief
- Mysticism
- Crater
- Ism
Adjective
Wiktionary
DESCARTES, proper noun. A French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650.
DESCARTES LAW, noun. (optics) Snell's law
Dictionary definition
DESCARTES, noun. French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650).
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.