A relação corpo e alma no pensamento de René Descartes

• Ano de defesa: 2021
• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Jociel Batista de
• Orientador(a): Pissarra, Maria Constança Peres
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Filosofia
• Departamento: Faculdade de Filosofia, Comunicação, Letras e Artes
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Descartes; Relação; Corpo
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Descartesc; Relationship; Body
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::FILOSOFIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/24323

The present work aims at analysing the relationship between body and soul according to the thoughts of René Descartes. The method used to arrive at these thoughts includes bibliographic research in the main works of the author as well as commentaries. The first chapter deals with the concept of body and soul as the second presents main passions of the soul and its purposes. Lastly, the third chapter elaborates on how the body relates to the soul. Descartes defines the body as everything that is related to the heat and movement of the limbs. This heat and movement of the limbs is produced by the functions of the body itself. On the other hand, the soul is everything that is related to human thought. Therefore according to Descartes, the soul is that part of man which provides him with the possibility of thinking and being in the world. According to Descartes, the main passions of the soul are six, namely; admiration, love, hate, desire, joy and sadness. These passions must be understood as a way of connection between body and soul, that is, they are signs of the union of the soul with the body. For Descartes the soul is united to the body. However, Descartes does not offer any detailed rational explanation as to how this union takes place. For him, the explanation of this union is a fact that is rationally inconceivable, inexplicable but is only said to be the will of God. Thus, it can be concluded that for Descartes, man is a dual being for he is composed of body and soul that are united and related