Out of all the philosophers we have examined in this unit, René Descartes (On Thinking and the Soul) presents the best argument about what a soul and body are. In contrast, I believe that Locke’s interpretation of the body, mind, soul and self was my least favorite interpretation. René Descartes believed the soul is a pure, unitary thinking thing that has no weight and occupies no space. The soul, according to Descartes, has clear …showed first 75 words of 488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 488 total…is lost due to the imperfections found in a person’s material shell, the body I believe, thanks to Descartes, that a person has two separate entities. The first is the body. The body is made up of particulars and other matter that allows it to function like a container. The second entity is the soul. Here, all thinking processes are done, the function of the brain is to separate the sensations throughout the body.