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An Analysis Of

Robert DeGregoris
Sister Mary

René Descartes on Substance
and
Mind-Body Dualism

In Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes sets out to form a new philosophy or way of thinking for the people of his time. He wants to place his philosophy on the same truthful and certain pedestal as the sciences and mathematics. He writes a letter to renowned theologians of his time explaining the faults of prior philosophical works, specifically those of Aristotle. In his “Letter of Dedication to those Most Wise and Distinguished Men, the Deans and Doctors of the Faculty of Sacred Theology of Paris,” Descartes first addresses what he plans to achieve in his writing of “Meditations on the First Philosophy.” Descartes explains that he will prove the existence of God and the immortality of the Soul through reason, rather than faith alone. Many of his contemporaries have admitted that through reason alone it is either difficult or impossible to prove the existence of God and......


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