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Divisible Bodies and the Search for Substantial Unity In his meditations, Des Cartes posits that extension is the essential property of substantive bodies. In analyzing of the malleable properties of wax, he claims, "I would not be making a correct judgment about the nature of wax unless I believed it being capable of being extended in many more different ways than I will ever encompass in my imagination, (21)." For Des Cartes, extending, (in size, quantity, …

…perhaps, he manages to avoid Des Cartes criticism that such a universe could be a dec! eption. "If bodies were merely phenomena, the senses would not deceive us on that account, for the sense put nothing forwards concerning metaphysical matters. The veracity of the senses consists in the fact that they agree with one another, and that we are not deceived by events if we properly follow the regularities built up from experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**