1. Meets Bérulle after returning to Paris

    · Paris, France

    Meets Bérulle after returning to Paris
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    Back in Paris after La Rochelle, Descartes attended the intellectual gathering at which Cardinal Bérulle encouraged him to devote himself to philosophy. The source establishes Paris and sequence but not a precise date or venue.

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