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Res extensa
Cartesian metaphysical concept / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Res extensa is one of the two substances described by René Descartes in his Cartesian ontology[1] (often referred to as "radical dualism"), alongside res cogitans. Translated from Latin, "res extensa" means "extended thing" while the latter is described as "a thinking and unextended thing".[2] Descartes often translated res extensa as "corporeal substance" but it is something that only God can create.[3]