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Descartes’ compound microscope

Diagram from 1637 showing a man looking through optical apparatus

Illustration of a compound microscope from René Descartes’ La Dioptrique. Descartes’ contributions to scientific thought include the formula ‘cogito, ergo sum’ (I think, therefore I am) and the separation of mind and body, known as Cartesian dualism.

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