res extensa

noun

In Cartesian ontology, corporeal substance, distinguished from the res cogitans from which the mind or soul is made.

OriginLatin rēs extēnsa →
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Meanings

nounres extensa (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIn Cartesian ontology, corporeal substance, distinguished from the res cogitans from which the mind or soul is made.

Origin

  1. Latinrēs extēnsa
  2. Englishres extensa

From Latin rēs extēnsa.

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