Having left us with thought (not a soul), and extension (not a body), [Descartes] does not know how to account for the union of soul and body. (Etienne Gilson)

Having left us with thought (not a soul), and extension (not a body), [Descartes] does not know how to account for the union of soul and body.

Etienne Gilson

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