Though born in France, Descartes died in this country where he had gone to teach Queen Christina
He had moved to that country in 1628 because life in France was too ... Ren 
Descartes, (born March 31, 1596, La Haye, Touraine,Francedied February 11, 
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It was only published after the author's death; and of it, besides the French 
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