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Descartes 2
Date Submitted: 04/27/2001 06:22:01
Length: 19 pages (5303 words)
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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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