Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Part I The unity of Cartesian metaphysics
- Part II Ideas and the road from essence to existence
- Part III Cartesian substances
- 7 The substantial tension
- 8 The essence and the existence of Cartesian substances
- 9 The real distinction or the body and the minds
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
7 - The substantial tension
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Part I The unity of Cartesian metaphysics
- Part II Ideas and the road from essence to existence
- Part III Cartesian substances
- 7 The substantial tension
- 8 The essence and the existence of Cartesian substances
- 9 The real distinction or the body and the minds
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Cartesian MetaphysicsThe Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy, pp. 183 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000