1. Enters the College of La Flèche

    · Jesuit College of La Flèche, La Flèche, Sarthe, France

    Enters the College of La Flèche
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    Descartes became a boarder at the Jesuit college where he studied classics, philosophy, mathematics, and natural science. Some biographers propose an earlier entrance, but 1607 is supported by the cited source.

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