Descartes’ theory about the mind and body states that the body is “always divisible” and the mind cannot be divided (Descartes). To support this argument he …show more content…
The fact that we define the human body as having legs, arms, flesh, bones, organs, and a head is more than enough to agree that each of these, and more, are parts of what make up the body. We could even say that when a part of the body is separated, the body still remains a body for the fact that only a part of it was taken away. In fact in “The Philosophers Way”, Descartes’ ideas around a “non-material, immortal, conscious being” (Chaffee) is an ideal that set a precedent for philosophers to come. It is actually here that he ultimately found that this defines knowledge and self. “Cogito, ergo sum” or “I think, therefore I am” is a statement that defines Descartes’ views around the being self-aware and shining light around the fact that there is without a doubt a thinking, nonphysical entity that is the mind or consciousness. I believe that in this way he really highlights that it is not an organ like your brain that gives you knowledge, but rather your versatile mind that houses your soul and your