Descartes 2
Date Submitted: 04/27/2001 06:22:01
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 19 pages (5303 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 19 pages (5303 words)
DESCARTES' MEDITATIONS
FROM: Descartes, Philosophy of Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy, Monarch Notes, 1 Jan 1963.
Introduction.
The Meditations were written in Latin and first published in Paris in
1641. Descartes dedicated this book to the Dean and Faculty of Theology at the
University of Paris. He believed that the approbation of those theologians
would constitute a public testimony of approval and support of the truth in
the content of his work.
The Meditations are the most …
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…the body.
It functions as the intellectual agent of the body. However, the purpose of the spirit or mind is not limited to any functional operations of a united
body and spirit. The mind is the source of one's individual ego or identity.
This ego is distinct from the spirit of the infinite ego which is God.
Therefore, another dualism exists in Descartes' view. This latter dualism
distinguishes Descartes from the metaphysical view of Hegel.
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