It can be traced back to Plato, Aristotle and the Nyaya, Samkhya and Yoga schools of Hindu philosophy, but it was most precisely formulated by René Descartes in the 17th century.
Može se pratiti od Platona, Aristotela te Sankhya i Joga škole hinduističke filozofije, ali najpreciznije ju je formulirao René Descartes u 17. stoljeću.