INTRODUCTION Philosophy is an intellectual and mental activity. ... Dualism can majorly be traced to the postulations of Plato and Pythagoras. ... Plato argued that the mind pre-existed and survived the body, going through a continual process of reincarnation or transmigration. ... Almost 2000 years after Plato and Pythagoras reasoned that the human mind or soul could not be identified with the physical body, René Descartes reinforced this concept and gave it a name, dualism. ... This expression summarizes Descartes philosophy. ...

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