Descartes and 'The Aristotelians' on the Soul as the Life of the Body | Prof. Sarah Byers
The Thomistic Institute
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The Importance of Self-Motion in Meditation
Descartes argues against the claim that life requires a soul. He interprets the word motion in this definition to mean local motion or change of position. And so when the body starts to decompose, the soul no longer subsists or has reality. It has no independent existence apart from the body.
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