ثمة فرقٌ عظيم بين العقل والجسد، فالجسد بطبيعته قابلٌ للانقسام دائمًا، أمّا العقل فغير قابلٍ للانقسام البتة.

“There is a great difference between mind and body insomuch as body is by nature always divisible, and the mind is entirely indivisible.”Rene Descartes — RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE MEDITATIONS AND REPLIES THE GEOMETRY (1952)