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Res extensa

Res extensa is one of the two substances described by René Descartes in his Cartesian ontology (often referred to as "radical dualism"), alongside res cogitans. Translated from Latin, "res extensa" means "extended thing" while the latter is described as "a thinking and unextended thing". Descartes often translated res extensa as "corporeal substance" but…

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Res extensa vs. res cogitans

AristotleGottfried LeibnizMeditationWax argument
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SubstancesRené DescartesCartesianDualismRes cogitans
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Res extensa → Aristotle, Cartesian, De Anima, Descartes, Due, Each, Gottfried Leibniz, How, In, On, Res, The

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res extensa descartes cogitans two described wax substance often translated also cartesian dualism ontology referred unextended corporeal see substances latin

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Aristotle in his De Anima to the indefinite realm of potentialityinstance ofRes cogitans is also referred to as the soul and is related by thinkers0.80text
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Res extensarelated to Res extensa vs. res cogitansDescartes0.60section
Res extensarelated to Res extensa vs. res cogitansGottfried Leibniz0.60section

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