· Descartes ·

· Descartes ·

            Descartes (1596-1650), was a philosopher who stands out of the other philosophers because he questions everything, he considered false anything that could be doubted. He began a search for truth, and he finally realized that the only unquestionable thing is our own existence  there is from where his  famous quote was born, "I think, therefore I am", because we cannot be sure of the existence of the rest of the people, but we can be sure that we exist. 

             This philosopher says that knowledge comes from ideas of the intellect, not from the senses; he is clearly a rationalist. He was influenced by the Skepticism, that is why he doubted almost everything and this method helped him to get to the conclusion of our own existence.