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Rene Descartes Philosophy of Meditation

Rene Descartes Philosophy of Meditation   Father of Modern Philosophy-Rene Descartes was a leading French philosopher. He is also a renowned scientist, mathematician and a writer. Rene Descartes has different point of views in various fields from his ancestors. He considered his writings exclusive and unique from others. He was of the opinion that no one has written anything like him before. But the reality is that a number of his philosophical writings show deep influence of philosophical approaches of Aristotle and Augustine. They belong to Greek school of philosophy and tackle about 16th century revisions of stoicism. Natural philosophy of Rene Descartes differs from what people actually taught in schools. There are two aspects of this discrimination. 1. He rejected the physical matter analysis of forms and substances. 2. He also refused the appeal to divine ends, which give explanation of various natural phenomena. But he did insist on God's supreme freedom...