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Significados de res cogitans em inglês

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substancia pensante

Idea held by dualists and idealists, that minds are made-up of non-physical substance.

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      Examples for "mental substance"
      Examples for "mental substance"
      1
      According to Jnyanaprabha, the Buddha first preached the doctrine of existence, next that of the existence of mental substance, and lastly that of unreality.)
      The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Disc...
      2
      We are isolated, individual mental substances separate from each other and from the physical objects that surround us.
      The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
      3
      So Descartes's revolutionary beginning seems to turn us into atomistic, detached mental substances, unsure of whether we're all alone in the universe.
      The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
      4
      Back of and under the teachings of the various cults and schools, remains ever constant the Principle of the Mental Substance of the Universe.
      The Kybalion / A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egy...
      Uso de res cogitans em inglês
      1
      The Cartesians' sharp distinction between res extensa non cogitans and res cogitans non extansa is remote.
      Darwin and Modern Science
      2
      The Cartesian dualism he developed ascertains a physical ( res extensa) and a thinking ( res cogitans) substance.
      The Civilization of Illiteracy
      3
      The body is part of res extensa, the mind (including thoughts, desires, volition) is res cogitans.
      The Civilization of Illiteracy
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