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Renee Descartes retired at age 27
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Date: August 12th, 2026 6:17 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK 1618: Meets Beeckman in Breda (Nov); solves geometry puzzle; decides to join the army of Prince Maurice of Nassau
1619: Writes Beeckman from Breda (Mar 26) about a universal mathematics; three famous dreams in winter quarters (Nov); resolves to reform all knowledge
1620: Follows Tilly's army to Bohemia; stays in Prague until Dec; studies Tycho Brahe/Kepler with local scholars; writes Olympica
1621: Travels through Hungary, Moravia, Silesia, Pomerania; meets mathematician Faulhaber
1622–23: Returns through Paris, Touraine, Poitou, Rennes; meets Mersenne and Mydorge in Paris (early 1623); sells estate inheritance, freeing him to devote himself to intellectual work. |