Was René Descartes a white supremacist?

For Descartes, each of us is ultimately just a non-physical thinking substance—a mind, soul, ego, what have you. Not a body. Essentially we (selves) don't have any physical characteristics, no skin color, etc. read more

The problem with René Descartes' argument about the existence of God has to do with his rationalist deductive reasoning. Descartes deduces that truth about the existence of God lies within his idea of a perfect God and God's essence (as a perfect being who must exist in order to be perfect). read more

René Descartes (/ ˈ d eɪ ˌ k ɑːr t /; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt]; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; adjectival form: "Cartesian"; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. read more