Harry Frankfurt vs. René Descartes
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Harry Frankfurt
1929 – 2023
Philosophy
United States
Harry Gordon Frankfurt was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University.
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"It is frequently insufficient to identify the motives that guide our conduct, or that shape our attitudes and our thinking, just by observing vaguely that there…"
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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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#truth
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"Descartes at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy"
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Connections
René Descartes was influenced by Harry Frankfurt