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  2. Treatise on Man - Wikipedia

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    The Treatise on Man (French: L'Homme) is an unfinished treatise by René Descartes written in the 1630s and published posthumously, firstly in 1662 in Latin, then in 1664 in French by Claude Clerselier.

  3. Discourse on the Method - Wikipedia

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    Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French: Discours de la Méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637.

  4. Descartes number - Wikipedia

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    In number theory, a Descartes number is an odd number which would have been an odd perfect number if one of its composite factors were prime.They are named after René Descartes who observed that the number D = 3 2 ⋅7 2 ⋅11 2 ⋅13 2 ⋅22021 = (3⋅1001) 2 ⋅ (22⋅1001 − 1) = 198585576189 would be an odd perfect number if only 22021 were a prime number, since the sum-of-divisors ...

  5. On (company) - Wikipedia

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    On Holding AG is an athletic shoe and performance sportswear company originating in Switzerland that designs and markets sports clothing and running shoes.. As of 2019 the company held 40% of the running shoe market in Switzerland and 10% in Germany. [2]

  6. Cash on Demand - Wikipedia

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    Cash on Demand is a 1961 British black and white second feature [2] neo noir crime thriller film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Peter Cushing and André Morell. [3] The screenplay was adapted from the 1960 Associated Television Theatre 70 teleplay The Gold Inside, also directed by Lawrence, and featuring André Morell and Richard Vernon in the same roles.

  7. Descartes, Indre-et-Loire - Wikipedia

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    Descartes (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a large village and commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.It is approximately 29 kilometers east of Richelieu and about 48 kilometers east of Loudun, on the banks of the Creuse River, near the border of the French department of Vienne, and the border of the region between Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

  8. Demand draft - Wikipedia

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    A specimen demand draft. A demand draft (DD) is a negotiable instrument similar to a bill of exchange. A bank issues a demand draft to a client (drawer), directing another bank (drawee) or one of its own branches to pay a certain sum to the specified party (payee). [1] [2] A demand draft can also be compared to a cheque. However, demand drafts ...

  9. Crowds on Demand - Wikipedia

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    Crowds on Demand is an American publicity firm that provides clients with hired actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, unpaid protesters and professional paid protesters. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company operates in Los Angeles , San Francisco , Las Vegas , [ 4 ] New York City , [ 1 ] Washington, D.C. , [ 5 ] Iowa , and New Hampshire ...