Mens etiam corporea dici potest (AT V, 223, 9-10) : une fiche

Vincent Carraud; Gilles  Olivo

doi:10.19283/lph-202210.839

Mens etiam corporea dici potest (AT V, 223, 9-10) : une fiche

Authors

Vincent Carraud
Gilles Olivo Université de Caen Normandie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19283/lph-202210.839

Keywords:

Gravity, Union, Soul, Body, Common Notion

Abstract

We are attempting to give an account of the paradoxical argument developed by Descartes in his letter to Arnauld of 29 July 1648, arguing that mens etiam corporea dici potest (AT V, 223, 9-10). To explain its meaning, Descartes resorts to the scholastic theory of gravity, whose real physical meaning he disqualifies, while using it analogically to convey his thesis of a real interaction between the soul and the body.

English title: Mens etiam corporea dici potest (AT V, 223, 9-10): A Sheet