Descartes had unsuccessfully searched for certainty, first in the world of books, and then in the world of men.

在这之前，笛卡儿一直在寻找确定性，先是在书本里，然后是在人群中，但均未成功。

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Ok, so that helps to explain, why Galileo was such an important figure, had a great influence on Descartes as well.

这就解释了为什么伽利略地位如此重要，同时对笛卡尔也产生了深远的影响。

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He had another argument for that which he drew from Descartes.

他关于笛卡尔的总结也引来了另一个争论。

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Galileo, I have already indicated that Hobbes had met, William Harvey, Rene Descartes; a handful of others who were part of what we think of as the modern scientific revolutionaries.

就像伽利略，我提到过霍布斯曾经遇见过他，威廉哈维，笛卡尔;,还有其他很多人,这些都是我们认为的现代科学的革命者。

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Pascal and Descartes had already laid the foundations.

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