DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650)
1596 – 1650
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source After Frans Hals · André Hatala [e.a.] (1997) De eeuw van Rembrandt , Bruxelles: Crédit communal de Belgique, ISBN 2-908388-32-4 . · Public domain
1649 CE
#4965
Des passions de l’âme.
Descartes believed the soul to be a definite entity, giving rise to thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. He was one of the first to regard the brain as an organ integrating the functions of mind and body. English…
1662 CE
#574
De homine figuris et latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl.
Descartes considered the human body a material machine, directed by a rational soul located in the pineal body. This book was the first attempt to cover the whole field of “animal physiology”. The work is …
1691 CE
#12692
Le vie de monsieur Descartes. [par Adrien Baillet].
An early separately published biography of a contributor to the history of the life sciences. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.