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Further reading: Helena Jans van der Strom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Descartes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Descartes
by transmissible 8y ago
Further reading: Helena Jans van der Strom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Descartes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Descartes
- seszett 8y ago(edited to match parent) Her mother was Helena Jens, and she was already married to another man at the period this article talks about. Descartes was also back in France while she was still in the Netherlands. Although Descartes did vivisect animals for research purposes, I think it's safe to say that this particular account is an invention.