[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

Descartes believed in the concept of a 'soul'
Descartes and the Pineal Gland (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Some of his beliefs were wild by even my standards , so for Gordon to quote him is rather ironic.

Read it again,MargaretR. I've read through it quickly(couldn't do that twice, life's too short) and his definition and explanation of the soul, its functions and its purpose is nothing to do with the concepts we've been discussing on here.