The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting ...
La Reine-garçon is based on the true story of Christina, Queen of Sweden who was raised as a boy by her father, Gustavus Adolphus, and tutored by French philosopher René Descartes ...
The famous saying "I think, therefore I am" was the cornerstone of the philosophy of Rene Descartes, who died 375 years ago this month at the age of 53. His groundbreaking ideas shaped Western ...
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The singer talks elaborate costumes, warm-up rituals and falling in love with the history of Sweden’s gender-bending Queen ...
Many famous sayings by prominent philosophers have inspired me. However, one that stands out is René Descartes' "Cogito, ergo sum," meaning "I think, therefore I am." Descartes (1596-1650) established ...
I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...
The 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” And what Descartes meant by that ...