| It might therefore seem clear, whatever else is the case, that Descartes conceives of knowledge as advancing truth. |
| However, as he studied the mechanical philosophy of Descartes he became unhappy with it. |
| Descartes believes in a more or less natural form of interaction between immaterial mind and material body. |
| Bacon, Galileo and Descartes rejected the preternatural je ne sais quoi in favour of a scientific examination of nature. |
| As a philosopher he was inspired by Descartes, Spinoza, and Hobbes, but broke away from Descartes's mechanical conception of the universe. |
| He made a major impression on Descartes with both his scientific and Rosicrucian beliefs and influenced his thinking. |
