DESCARTES AND MEDITATION

Descartes and Meditation

Descartes and Meditation

According to Descartes, the only link between the two substances (mind and body) is the pineal gland, where the soul is attached to the body somehow. The passions that Descartes studies are really the actions of the body on the soul. The soul suffers the influence of the body and is entirely subject to the influence of passion.

For Descartes, nothing is damaging to the soul, and therefore the thought has own function that the body perform. Also the passions are not harmful in themselves. To safeguard the independence of thought and guarantee human ...