Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
French Philosopher René Descartes Dead in Stockholm: An Ignominious End
René Descartes is famous for his assertion Cogito ergo sum (“I am thinking, therefore I exist”), or more popularly and pithily translated from the Latin, “I think, therefore I am”. Descartes was enticed to Sweden at age fifty-three by the young … Continue reading
Posted in Church & Religion, History, Philosophy & Psychology, Science & the Sciences
Tagged Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, Adolf Fredriks Kyrka, Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason, Hughues de Terlon, King Gustav III of Sweden, Queen Christina of Sweden, René Descartes, Russell Shorto, St. Olof’s Chapel
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Three Haiku
Another autumn I have seen so many And, next year? Too many people crowding my thoughts I yearn for the forest The notebook waits It is not impatient But I am
The Pavellas Perspective 