Lucien Lévy-Bruhl vs. René Descartes
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
1857 – 1939
Philosophy
France
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and ethnology. His primary field interest was ways of thinking.
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"The primitive mentality is a condition of the human mind, and not a stage in its historical development."
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René Descartes
1596 – 1650
Philosophy
France
rationalism
French philosopher known for Cogito ergo sum. Father of modern Western philosophy.
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"Descartes at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy"
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Connections
René Descartes was influenced by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl