Descartes often translated res extensa as "corporeal substance" but it is something that only God can create.

Res extensa vs. res cogitans

Res extensa and res cogitans are mutually exclusive and this makes it possible to conceptualize the complete intellectual independence from the body. Res cogitans is also referred to as the soul and is related by thinkers such as Aristotle in his De Anima to the indefinite realm of potentiality. On the other hand, res extensa, are entities described by

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