Given in class: circulation, mechanical biology, animals/humans
In group: cycles & organization, natures course, machine like quality of nature, god creation/science, soul differ from body
In the middle of discourse 5, Descartes explains that god formed our physical bodies, he created our rational souls making us different from animals because we have the gift of intelligence. Furthermore because we can communicate and express ourselves, we have the upper hand. The constant themes in my selection of discourse 5 seemed to be cycles and circulation. Descartes goes into depth about the human circulatory system. From what i could perceive, blood is life according to him, it produces heat that keeps us warm...ect. The size of veins and arteries seem to be significant. (don't really understand why though)
- Mark
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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