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DESCARTES REN. IDEOLOGICAL ENEMIES. FOLLOWERS

it is unconditional, at Descartes were and ' ideological enemies '. Popularity and influence growth kartezianstva at the Dutch universities rather disturbed local churchmen who subjected the scientist to infinite attacks and charges. At all care Descartes had no possibility to evade from struggle and has accepted a call. In days of this polemic it has published in Amsterdam ' the philosophy Beginnings ' - a regular statement of the philosophical doctrine including along with methodology and metaphysics all sections physicists - the doctrine about bodies, about the world and about the earth.

In 1645-1648 Descartes worked over the composition ' the Description of a human body. About formation of an animal ' which and has not been published during lifetime of the author. In this work the scientist has made attempt to apply principles of the physics to an explanation of animal and human organisms. The anthropological problematics in which foreshortening research of corporal qualities and spiritual properties of the person has been conducted, has made the treatise maintenance ' Passions of soul ', published in Holland in the end of 1649

Among Descartes's followers were not only known scientists and thinkers of that time, but also some rich and notable people. So, countess Elizabeth Pfaltsskaja, the niece of English king Jacob of I Stewart about whom G.V.Lejbnits has told that it ' is so high mind, however and a birth ', became Descartes's the nearest schoolgirl and the first has spread seeds kartezianskoj philosophies in Berlin and Heidelberg.

Unfortunately, the attention of other scientific lady of that epoch, the queen of Sweden Hristiny, has appeared for the scientist disastrous. In 1645 it under the invitation of the most august person has arrived to Stockholm to base the Swedish academy of sciences. Besides, Descartes helped the queen to seize bases kartezianstva. Extremely assiduous schoolgirl, Hristina could take lessons only early in the morning. Daily to five mornings Descartes went to a palace. Winters have stood out 1645-1650 severe, and the philosopher, all life got used long to luxuriate in bed and to be in heat, has caught a cold. After short illness he has died from a pneumonia on February, 11th, 1650

Rene Descartes's Heritage is very great. At it and today is to that to learn. It was the magician of theories and hypotheses, the philosopher who has selected little-used roads, more similar to footpaths. Its intuition was amazing, and courage - is worthy admiration. For as the person, once the told can not admire: ' Give me a matter and movement, and I will construct to you from this the Universe '.