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Descartes' Bones A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason Author: Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters. — But as Russell Shorto ... more »
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