Titlebook: Descartes on the Human Soul; Philosophy and the D C. F. Fowler Book 1999 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999 Cartesian.Plato.Ren

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Between Beast and Angel,or optimism in the microcosm theory was achieved by emphasising human dignity in the proximity to those other neighbours on the ladder of being, the angels. Many seventeenth century apologists exploited this latter emphasis, teaching that, with the pure spirits, the human soul enjoys a natural immor

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,From Soul to Mind — Descartes’ Vocabulary,rictly disciplined use of vocabulary.. In a recent article, Cottingham comments, in regard to Descartes’ use of mind and soul, that “he made no distinction between the two terms”.. While this is true of the 1647 French translation, such a comment could be misleading without reference to the . radica

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The , and the Demonstration of Immortality, by Descartes, a “l(fā)ittle study composed by our illustrious author”. This brief text was the . which Descartes had sent to Mersenne on 31 December 1640, and which was now available to Arnauld to assist him in the study of the . manuscript. He welcomed it as shedding “much light on the work as a whole

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Between Beast and Angel,le of being from the least to the supreme, from the lifeless to the divine. In this inclusive theory the human soul was seen neatly to fill the gap between two ontological spheres, the visible and the invisible, the material world and the separated intelligences, a universe extending “from the Mushr

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What Constitutes a Demonstration of Immortality?,he limits of the role of reason in the question of soul survival. Mersenne’s objections reveal an expectation that reason would address every possible aspect of the question, including the ultimate challenge arising from God’s power to annihilate what is by nature incorruptible. Descartes’ replies i

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