~ 1596 - 1650
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist known as the "Father of Modern Philosophy". He is famous for his statement "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), and for his contributions to the development of analytic geometry. Descartes' works laid the foundation for rationalism and had a significant impact on Western philosophy.
I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.
Conquer yourself rather than the world.