Louis de La Forge
French physician and philosopher, correspondent and student of Descartes
About Louis de La Forge
Lived 1632 – 1666 (aged 33–34). Louis de La Forge was a French philosopher and physician.
Louis de La Forge (; 24 November 1632 – 1666) was a French physician and philosopher who in his Tractatus de mente humana (Traité de l'esprit de l'homme, 1664; in English: "Treatise on the Human Mind") expounded the doctrine of occasionalism.
He was born in La Flèche and died in Saumur. He was a friend of Descartes, and one of the most able interpreters of Cartesianism.
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Who was Louis de La Forge?
French physician and philosopher, correspondent and student of Descartes
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Louis de La Forge was born on 24 November 1632 in La Flèche.
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Louis de La Forge died in 1666 in Saumur.
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Louis de La Forge was a philosopher and physician.
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Louis de La Forge was French.
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