Principles of Philosophy
René Descartes
Appears in 10 ideas
Natural Philosophy
Science
Metaphysics
- ChangeWhat is change, and how can something become what it was not?
- FormWhat makes a thing the kind of thing it is: an intelligible pattern, an indwelling principle, or a structure imposed by the mind?
- MatterWhat is matter, the stuff of the physical world, and how does it relate to form, mind, and change?
- SpaceIs space a thing in itself, a property of bodies, or a form of the mind?
- WorldWhat is the universe, and how does it stand in relation to God and to man?
- QualityAre the qualities we perceive in things real properties of nature, or projections of the mind?