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    What caused the death of Rene Descartes?

    Question #99410. Asked by star_gazer. (Sep 13 08 1:57 PM)


    Buddy1

    		Descartes supposedly died from pneumonia. Exactly how he got pneumonia is unknown.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes#Biography

    Sep 13 08, 2:08 PM
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    		Two months before the publication of the Passions Descartes set sail for Stockholm, Sweden, at the invitation of Queen Christina of Sweden. Descartes' death in Stockholm of pneumonia, has regularly been attributed to the rigours of the Swedish climate and the fact that Descartes (no early riser) was sometimes required to give the Queen lessons as early as five in the morning. However unpleasant these conditions may have been, it seems plain that Descartes acquired his fatal malady as a result of nursing his friend the French ambassador (who had pneumonia) back to health.

    http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html

    Sep 13 08, 5:31 PM

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