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Quotation from Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes
“the mind by which I am what I am, is wholly distinct from the body, and is even more easily known than the latter”
Discourse on Method, Part IV, trans. John Veitch (19th century)
Descartes's first statement in print of mind-body dualism.
Citation: "the mind by which I am what I am, is wholly distinct from the body, and is even more easily known than the latter" — Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method, Part IV, trans. John Veitch (19th century). (id discourse-on-method-q8)
Portrait: Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650), After Frans Hals, Public domain.
