He claimed that the principal goal of philosophy was to direct the mind to come to sound judgments, and he corresponded with Princess Elisabeth on the virtues of happiness and wrote about them in The Passions of the Soul.
He claimed that the principal goal of philosophy was to direct the mind to come to sound judgments, and he corresponded with Princess Elisabeth on the virtues of happiness and wrote about them in The Passions of the Soul. However, he may be best known for his Meditations on First Philosophy, where his most famous statement appears. Also a tutor to Queen Christina of Sweden, for 10 points, name this French philosopher who asserted that he knew he existed because he thought.
He claimed that the principal goal of philosophy was to direct the mind to come to sound judgments, and he corresponded with Princess Elisabeth on the virtues of happiness and wrote about them in The Passions of the Soul.
Rene {Descartes}