History of physics Descartes has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his "Meditations on First Philosophy" continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system — allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in a two-dimensional coordinate system — was named after him. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry, important to the discovery of calculus and analysis. The
Nietzsche and Philosophy Spoke Zarathustra" (1883), Nietzsche twice denies that "the eternal return is a circle which makes the same return." "Nietzsche and Philosophy" became a celebrated work. The philosopher Peter Dews writes that "Nietzsche and Philosophy" was central to the post-structuralist texts of the decade that followed its publication, including Deleuze's "Anti-Oedipus" (1972). According to Ronald Bogue, "Nietzsche and Philosophy" marked a significant turning-point in French philosophy, which had previously given little consideration to Nietzsche as a serious or coherent philosopher. Bogue writes that Deleuze was one of the first commentators to discuss the concepts of the will to power and the