1. Descrates's Contributions
In philosophy, I admire one famous modern philosopher, who had several extraordinary contributions to philosophy in France, is Rene Descartes (Lavine 86). In Descartes's theory of animal, he contributed a quote, which is that "animals cannot use language to express themselves" as we do when placing our thoughts on record for the benefit of others, or in other words using language to make known ones thoughts in a meaningful manner (Lavine 118). He also showed his famous method of doubt, "I think therefore I am," is the basis of his theory of knowledge known as dualism (...
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