Editing Res extensa (section)

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'''''Res extensa''''' is one of the two [[Substance theory|substances]] described by [[René Descartes]] in his [[Cartesian dualism|Cartesian]] ontology<ref>''[[Principia Philosophiae]]'', 2.001.</ref> (often referred to as "radical [[Mind-body dualism|dualism]]"), alongside ''[[Mental substance|res cogitans]]''. Translated from [[Latin]], "''res extensa''" means "extended thing" while the latter is described as "a thinking and unextended thing".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Feminist Interpretations of Rene Descartes|last=Bordo|first=Susan|publisher=The Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0271018577|location=University Park, Pennsylvania|pages=59}}</ref> Descartes often translated ''res extensa'' as "corporeal substance" but it is something that only God can create.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Descartes on Causation|url=https://archive.org/details/descartesoncausa00schm_575|url-access=limited|last=Schmaltz|first=Tad|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780195327946|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/descartesoncausa00schm_575/page/n58 46]}}</ref>