Henricus Regius (1598 to 1679) was a Dutch philosopher, physician and professor of medicine at the University of Utrecht from 1638. Born in Utrecht as Hendrik de Roy, a name also rendered Henri Le Roy in French, he studied liberal arts at the University of Franeker and medicine at Groningen and Leiden, and later at the universities of Montpellier and Padua. He was a vocal proponent of Cartesianism and corresponded frequently with Rene Descartes. He was the author of a textbook of natural philosophy, the Fundamenta Physices, and he died in Utrecht.
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was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine
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was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine
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Regius was born in Utrecht
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He was the author of a textbook of natural philosophy, Fundamenta Physices
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