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Summary Of Descartes 'Pictorially Illustrated'

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Pictorially Illustrated Reflective Analysis:
After having read about some of the human nature in Chapter two in the textbook, I understand and believe Descartes’ theory of the Mind-Body Dualism. I do completely feel as though the mind and body should be conceived of as separate and independent of each other.
The mind and the body are two completely separate things that work together to create the human body in all. So the argument here is that how does the mind and body interact?
Descartes argued that the mind interacts with the body at the pineal gland. That kind of dualism proposes that the mind is head of the body. The mind is in control. On the other hand the body also can influence the otherwise rational mind. The mind tells the
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