Descartes: Body Perception

Descartes begins by trying to simplify his point by using a more basic example of a body to better illustrate his idea. In this case he used the example of wax extracted from a honeycomb. He begins his description of the wax by mentioning different characteristics and attributes of it, such as its color, smell, and characteristics inherited from its basis. He then goes to explain that when heated the wax losses most of these …

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