rene descartes

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rene descartes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Rene Descartes
      n 1: 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) [syn: Descartes, Rene Descartes]