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DesCartes

DesCartes

DesCartes---

The concept of hylomorphism; the idea that the only way to understand the form of something is through understanding its matter, is a concept that Rene Decartes completely rejects.  He adamently believes in the separation of the body from the soul, or rather declaring in a more conventional phrase, he values the mind over the matter.  This rejection of this particular Aristotilian philosophy targets Descartes as a center for many discussions and debates.  As seen in our classroom, many modern thinkers have a tendency to believe that Descartes in a variety of ways, is an “imcompassionate madman” and often referred to as one who argues in a circular manner that in attempting to successfully prove God’s existence, in fact proves nothing at all.  I tend to see these rash statements as somewhat disturbing, but nonetheless, aruguable.
	First, we must remember that Descartes was writing in a time where challenging the authority, the Roman Catholic Church, was a vary difficult task to fulfill.  Also, questioning the existence of God as a Roman Catholic, educated by the elite Jesuits, was seen to be almost blasphemous.  Descartes, merely takes us on a voyage of higher learing; questioning what

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