«Rene Descartes Рене Декарт»

Аннотация

Статья, которую я прочитала и перевела на русский язык, называется "Рене Декарт". В этой статье внимание привлечено к биографии Рене Декарта. Он родился 31 марта 1596 году во Франции. После завершения своего образования в Иезуитском колледже и университете Пуатье, Декарт начал работать над своей целью, представляя новый взгляд на философию и математику. В 1637 на французском языке выходит его работа «Рассуждение о методе», с которой, как многие считают, и началась новоевропейская философия. Больших успехов учёный добился и в геометрии, изобретя Декартовую систему координат. Также он способствовал развитию алгебры, оптики, психологии и физиологии. Декарт стал одной из важных фигур своего времени.

Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes was born in France on 31st March, 1596, at a time of major change in the world. The great wars which had been going on throughout Europe had finally ended, creating an atmosphere of peace and stability which encouraged creative thinking, experimentation and the questioning of old beliefs and ways. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Greek and Islamic texts had been rediscovered and read by learned men around Europe. Ideas of the great Renaissance artists and thinkers had quickly spread across the continent. What is more, with the discovery of the New World by Columbus in 1492, a period of exploration, expansion and prosperity had begun.

After completing his education at the Jesuit College and the University of Poitiers, both in France, Descartes began to work on his goal of presenting a new way of looking at philosophy and mathematics. Although his first essays were probably written earlier than 1628, the year he moved to Holland, he was not well known until 1637, when a collection of his essays appeared and attracted the interest of the scientific world. His great work Discourse on the Method was one of the essays included in this collection.